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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4724-13

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture specify : 1° The conditions for accreditation of the bodies responsible for the technical inspections, which include compliance wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-11

The provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 5122-2 and those of articles R. 5122-2-1, R. 5122-5, R. 5122-6, R. 5122-7, R. 5122-9 and R. 5122-13 to R. 5122-16 are applicable to advertising for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

Title I of Book V of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna as set out in the second column of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016…

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

Article D331-4

For the application of d of 1 of II of article 220 sexies of the General Tax Code, cinematographic or audiovisual works are considered to contribute to the development of French and European cinematog…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-2

The annual rate of the premium or contribution for cover against the effects of natural disasters is set as follows:-contracts covering risks in category 23 of article A. 344-2 : 6% of premiums or con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-18

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-24-55 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to tradi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

I.-Materials and products placed on the market and intended for production, distribution and packaging installations which come into contact with water intended for human consumption must comply with…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-5

If the foreign national ceases to fulfil one of the conditions required for the issue of the residence permit to which he or she is entitled, obstructs checks or fails to comply with summonses, the re…

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

Article L4311-12-1

Persons belonging to the health reserve provided for in article L. 3132-1, carrying out an activity as part of a commitment to serve in the operational reserve provided for in article L. 4211-1 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article R940-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in French Polynesia:1° Articles R. 123-220 to R. 123-234-2, insofar as they concern S…

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