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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-15

The members of the Disciplinary Chambers of the Order of Pharmacists in New Caledonia and French Polynesia are elected by a one-ballot majority multi-mandate system. Each elector votes for as many can…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-15

Withdrawal of the approval provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 5122-9 is decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article D213-18

…g association makes a public offer, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 or in Article L. 411-2-1, for the placement of the securities mentioned in Articles L. 213-8 a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-18

…cs of a sector's activity, provide for the maximum weekly working time laid down in article L. 3122-7 to be exceeded, provided that this does not have the effect of increasing this time to more than f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-159

…se stipulated, professional private equity funds are private equity funds governed by articles L. 214-27 to L. 214-32-1.II. - Professional private equity funds take the form of either mutual funds or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-18

…nsmitted by the Bibliothèque nationale de France to the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of 7° of Article L. 122-5, for whom access to these files is a prerequisite for reading the works.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-18

…of practice and professional rules ; 2° The operation of the commission referred to in articles L. 4241-7 and L. 4241-14 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-18

Validation of federal performance projects is subject to the presentation, by the relevant delegating federation, of an application setting out the two programmes mentioned in 3° of article L. 131-15:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Public information.

Article R513-10-15

Any person wishing to obtain the information provided for in the previous article shall submit a request by post to the address mentioned in 6° of article R. 513-10-5 or by fax or electronically to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-15

The articles L. 5212-6, L. 5212-7 and L. 5212-8 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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