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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3411-2

…cial costs of the addiction treatment, support and prevention centres referred to in article L. 314-8 of the Social Action and Family Code.However, when the treatment is carried out with accommodation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-6

…rovided for in article L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code or required in application of articles L. 3131-8 or L. 3131-9 and who have passed the examination for the third year of midwifery studies are autho…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-5

…y; 7° the rights granted to the holders of securities issued under the terms of article L. 322-2-1; 8° The effective date of the transaction and any conditions precedent.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Safeguard measures

Article R385-23

…nt to Article L. 612-32 of the Monetary and Financial Code, a recovery plan pursuant to Article L. 385-8 of this Code or a short-term financing plan pursuant to the same Article, the plan must include…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-11

…ections of these promotional materials must be in foreign or bilingual French and foreign versions; 8° Purchase of advertising space in the specialist trade press; 9° Registration of works on viewing…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the rates are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 285.07% when the total revenue from fe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2311-5

…of supplies; 7° Civil technical specifications defined by companies and widely recognised by them; 8° National "defence standards" and specifications relating to military equipment which are similar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-9

The investigation phase and the period mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 716-8 may be suspended: 1° Where the application for a declaration of invalidity is based in whole or in part on a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-20

…graphs 1 and 3 of Article 21, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 24 and Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003, as amended, on genetica…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis AF

…of registration or modification of registration of a medicinal product mentioned in Article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code on the list of reimbursable pharmaceutical specialities mentioned in the…

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