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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-5

…nd conditions and the time limits beyond which persons who have suffered from a cancerous pathology may not, as a result, have their rates increased or have cover excluded under their insurance contra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-81

…text of draft resolutions submitted by the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, as well as the text of draft resolutions submitted by shareholders and any items added to th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Removal credit.

Article 114

1. Receivers of Customs may allow goods to be removed as and when they are checked and before the obligations laid down in a to c of 1 of Article 113 have been fulfilled, subject to a duly bonded tend…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 260

…ritories; c) between the ports of Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Martinique; d) Between the ports of Mayotte and Réunion. 2. Voluntary stopovers or layovers abroad do not have the effect of modifying t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-3

…ork, mainly in France.Exemptions to the condition that the filming must be mainly located in France may be granted when part of the filming is carried out abroad for artistic reasons relating to a scr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-11-1

…d at the top of the mast, this sign means "supervised bathing with no apparent danger". These flags may not bear any symbols or inscriptions. The flagpole may only bear signs relating to bathing condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-3

…ncies of Guadeloupe, Guyana and Martinique and the State Representative in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may authorise a pharmacist who is a national of a country other than those mentioned in 2° of the sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…its closure; c) The list of transmissible infections for which, if they are suspected, an exception may be made, under the conditions laid down in article R. 2213-14, to the maximum time limit for tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-1

…each member of the Board of Directors, with the exception of those mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5°, may give a mandate to another member to represent him. No member may hold more than two proxies per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article R6146-11

…llege of nursing assistants. Each of the three colleges is represented by a number of members which may not be less than 10% of the total number of elected members of the commission. II. - The followi…

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