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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article L743-5

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules specific to the election of employee representatives

Article R1411-58-12

Staff representatives are not taken into account for the application of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 1411-5-2: 1° When it is established, on the date of drawing up the electoral lists for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules specific to the election of employee representatives

Article R1411-58-10

…are organised in accordance with the following procedures, subject to the provisions of articles R. 1411-58-11 and R. 1411-58-12: 1° In the event of a nominal or multi-member ballot: for each staff re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-3

…provisions to the contrary in the agreement, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administration of undivided…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-5

…e name of different account holders but constituting a community of economic interests between them may also be grouped together in a circuit.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-5

I.- Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 54-10-3, the ISP shall declare to the AMF any change relating to the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 54-10-3 or any event likely to call…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R*594-1

The following provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50-1

…ment et du travail and the holder of a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union in application of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article D5142-53-1

Persons providing information by canvassing or prospecting for veterinary medicinal products, including medicated feedingstuffs, must meet one of the following qualification requirements: 1° Hold one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590-1

An applicant for judicial review who has not constituted a lawyer and has not lodged his statement of case within the time limit provided for in Article 584 shall forfeit his appeal. The same applies,…

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