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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local authority property

Article L2573-34

The articles L. 2242-1 to L. 2242-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-5

The conditions of application of articles L. 6114-1 to L. 6114-4 are defined by decree.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L916-1

The 4° of III of Article L. 643-11 does not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for holders of training qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4221-14-4

The traineeship is the subject of an assessment report, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Health. The report is sent to the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens with a cop…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-4

The approved laboratories send the results of their analyses to the operator and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the Prefect as necessary.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-6

The Autorité des marchés financiers is responsible for applying the provisions of Articles 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-48

Production programme aid may also contribute, within the limits set out in 2° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-40

Actions by court-appointed administrators, plan executioners, judicial representatives and liquidators relating to remuneration shall be barred after six months from the notification provided for in A…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R593-3

For the application of this book to Saint-Martin: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in Saint-Martin and the reference to the prefecture is repl…

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