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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Vaccination skills of pharmacy students in hospital and out-of-hospital settings

Article R6153-91-2

Students in the third cycle of pharmaceutical studies mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6153-5 may administer the vaccines listed in 9° bis of article L. 5125-1-1 A to persons whose age…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-46

By way of derogation from article 211-32, the amount of the sums entered in the automatic account of production companies for commercial representation in cinemas for the year 2021 is equal to the ave…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-14

The Biomedicine Agency set up under Chapter VIII of Title I of Book IV of this Part shall exercise in New Caledonia and French Polynesia the powers conferred upon it under Title IV of Book V of Part I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of Title I of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Chapter I ;2° The first paragr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 31…

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

Article 231-30

I.-In year n, the decision to award a classification, a label and a grant is taken after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to financial assistance for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad

Article 915-3

The additional aid resulting from the application of articles 915-1 and 915-2 is not taken into account for the determination in 2020 and 2021 of the total amount of financial aid allocated for the pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-2

I.-The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book VII 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-hand col…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-15

…the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC and Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-1

I.-For the application of III and IV of Article L. 2336-2 and I of article L. 2336-5, the logarithmic coefficient varies according to the population determined in application of

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