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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to the "Perinatal psychiatry" option

Article D6124-264

Each site providing care for patients in full hospitalisation comprises: 1° Single rooms accommodating at least one relative. Each room is equipped with a call device accessible to the patient and a l…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

1. The use for carburation, sale or offering for sale for carburation of products whose use and sale for this purpose have not been specially authorised by orders of the Minister for the Budget and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-26

The Secretary General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to extend the on-site supervision of a person subject to its supervision: 1° To its subsidiaries ; 2° To legal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-26

…eld by a UCITS in the capital of a company incorporated in a third country which invests its assets mainly in the securities of issuers having their registered office in that country where, under the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-26

The direct allocation must be repaid:1° In the event of non-compliance with the conditions of allocation or payment;2° When the gross receipts of exploitation accruing to the distribution company at t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-26

When the investment of the sums entered in the automatic promotion abroad account is made under article 721-23 and the sums due in return for the acquisition of the exploitation rights abroad have not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-26

The order awarding the grant must mention: a) The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and estimated amount excluding tax of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated time…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for practising the profession of restaurant owner or similar or for fruit and vegetable retailers

Article R3262-26

…ssion of restaurant owner or fruit and vegetable retailer required by the provisions of article L. 3262-3 is verified by the National Commission for Restaurant Vouchers referred to in section 5 on the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-26

…r unit or share and the proposed method of payment, as well as the period during which the offer is maintained and the place where it may be accepted. This period may not be less than ten days from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Youth passbook

Article L221-26

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the operating procedures for the Livret Jeune, and in particular the conditions for opening it, paying interest on it, closing it, in particular when the…

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