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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-6

…t the activities required to receive a human embryo under the conditions set out in article L. 2141-6 of the Public Health Code:1° Without having been informed of the results of the tests for infectio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-6

Subject to articles L. 4232-4, L. 4232-6, L. 4232-13 and L. 4232-14, the members of the councils and delegations of the Ordre des pharmaciens are elected by a single-ballot majority system. Each pair…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-6

…o the mixed syndicates mentioned in the first paragraph of this article of sub-section 1 of section 6 of chapter III of title III of book III of the second part of this code, the reference to the muni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

…having first declared a protocol to the Agence de la biomédecine in accordance with Article L. 2151-6 of the Public Health Code, or when the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine has oppose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents and declaration of confidentiality of annual accounts

Article A123-61

…g are carried out via the abovementioned counter, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 123-6 and R. 123-7.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…tory of the executing State; 5° An obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority; 6° An obligation to avoid contact with certain persons connected with the offence or offences allege…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

…he deaf or hard of hearing, and a digital audio description file for the blind or partially sighted;6° Expenditure on digital marking;7° Expenditure on the return to photochemical film.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-6

…of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings may, at th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Self-employed foreign nationals

Article L421-6

As an exception to article L. 433-6, a foreign national who applies for a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "entrepreneur/self-employed" and who holds a residence permit issued for ano…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Obtaining a new residence permit with a change of reason

Article L433-6

…433-4.This article does not apply to the residence permits set out in articles L. 421-2 and L. 421-6.

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