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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-20

…ticle L. 5212-2, the Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) will, if possible, car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-267

…ferred to in article R. 6123-201 is adapted to the practice of the surgical care activity concerned and anaesthesia, from the immediate preparation of the patient before the operation to the end of po…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

…ept in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société de groupe mixte d'assurance, the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-1 and having their registered office in France, t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Exceptional tax on high incomes.

Article 223 sexies

…s referred to in I of article 150-0 B ter, retained for their amount before application of the allowance mentioned in 1 ter or 1 quater of article 150-0 D, for which the deferral of taxation expires a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 quindecies

…se liable for the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on products in the gas oil, petrol and jet fuel tax categories are liable fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-2

Subsidiary protection is not granted to a person if there are serious grounds for believing:1° That he or she has committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity;2° That he or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-211

Records of purchases and sales made pursuant to articles L. 225-208, L. 22-10-62, L. 225-209-2, L. 228-12 and L. 228-12-1 must be kept, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-27

The provisions of this section, taken pursuant to article L. 422-2 of the Consumer Code, apply to personal protective equipment intended for use in the exercise of a sporting or leisure activity, or i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-2

…433-17 of the French Penal Code . Natural persons are also liable to the additional penalty of permanent closure or closure for a period of up to five years of the establishment in which the offence…

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