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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L912-3

…"as well as by the employees of a société coopérative de production within the meaning of the loi n° 78-763 du 19 juillet 1978 portant statut de sociétés coopératives de production" are deleted.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-4

…is to promote agricultural production, as well as their unions and federations;5° Caisses d'assurances et de réassurances mutuelles agricoles et les caisses mutuelles d'allocations familiales agricol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…ral pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14

…on under the conditions set out in Articles 706-3 (3° and last paragraph) to 706-12, when his resources are below the ceiling set by l'article 4 de la loi n° 91-647 du 10 juillet 1991 relative à l'aid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-39

Without prejudice to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-1

…4211-1, the manufacture, import and distribution of investigational medicinal products, with the exception of gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations, as well as the operati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-4 Order no. 2016-800 of 16 June 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-28

I.-Any dispute concerning the price stated in the repurchase offer referred to in Article L. 236-40 shall be brought before the court within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article L157-1

…shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the wording resulting from ordonnance n°2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-92

…e authorised to offer members as defined in Article L. 512-93 an initial share at a preferential price. Local savings companies may not carry out banking transactions, issue or manage electronic money…

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