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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…as applicable en Nouvelle-Calédonie ;3° Article R. 1111-19 is replaced by the following provisions:"Art. R. 1111-19 - Advance directives are kept in a way that makes them easily accessible to the doct…

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

Article 211-110

…4° of article L. 312-2 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, all…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

The following are subject to the obligations set out in sections 2 to 7 of this chapter: 1° Bodies, institutions and services governed by the provisions of Title I of this Book, including branches of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-2

…re governed by the provisions of Article L. 228-9 of the French Commercial Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 228-9. - Cash shares are registered shares until they are fully paid up. " "Failure to compl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 255

Only citizens of either sex, aged over twenty-three, who can read and write in French, enjoy political, civil and family rights, and are not in any of the cases of incapacity or incompatibility listed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

Sont incapables d'être jurés : 1° Persons whose bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record mentions a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour; 2° (Repealed); 3° Those who are in a state of indictment or in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258

Persons over the age of seventy or who do not have their main residence in the department in which the assize court has its seat may be exempted from jury duty when they apply to the commission provid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 257

Jury duty is incompatible with those listed below: 1° Member of the Government, of Parliament, of the Constitutional Council, of the High Council of the Judiciary and of the Economic, Social and Envir…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2172-2

…L. 411-2 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, semi-publi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Tax on admission prices to screenings organised by cinema operators

Article L115-2

…Article L. 311-2.

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