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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories to public contracts concluded by the State or its public es…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

I. - Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the duties of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2252-2

I.-The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 2252-1 are not applicable to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a municipality :1° For housing construction, acquisition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health checks at borders

Article R3115-5

I. - The agents mentioned in article L. 3116-3 are authorised within the limits of their respective powers by order of the Prefect: 1° For employees of the Regional Health Agency, on the recommendatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Guidance contract

Article D981-4

For employees covered by the special social security scheme for seafarers referred to in 4° of Article R. 711-1 of the Social Security Code, the exemption provided for in Article L. 981-6 is applicabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-9

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° In Article L. 1241-1, the words: "by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé pursuant to 1° of Article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-48

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 2333-38 in respect of the tourist tax and of article L. 2333-46 in the case of flat-rate tourist tax, the notice of compulsory taxation must i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-47

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by a reasoned decision setting out the appeal procedures and deadlines, automatically vary, suspend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

The following provisions of the preliminary chapters, I and III of Title III of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6, in the vers…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-4

For the purposes of Section 4 of Chapter II of this Title, it shall constitute substantial assistance for a person to: 1° Fully disclosing, in a signed written statement or in a recorded interview, al…

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