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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…in New Caledonia.Article L. 1111-2 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Article L. 1111-7 is a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…sation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investment services may, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-26, provide investment and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article R622-6

The articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26, R. 612-1 (2nd paragraph), R. 612-2, R. 612-38, R. 613-45, R. 613-53 to R. 613-59, R. 615-1 to R. 615-4, and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the conditions u…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-7

…article L. 412-5 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the word: "département" and the words: "law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing" are replaced respectively by t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

…ocuments relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March 1903 on the retirement of mine workers and employees are exempt from registration duties an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

…t of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for economic reas…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-32

The provisions of Articles L. 613-29 to L. 613-31 apply in the absence of stipulations to the contrary. Co-owners may derogate from this at any time by co-ownership regulations.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…the communes of the Ile-de-France region, respectively provided for in articles L. 2334-15 and L. 2531-12 du code général des collectivités territoriales, are classified for the purposes of calculatin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-19

Decisions referred to in articles R. 5221-17, R. 5221-32 et seq. may be appealed to the Minister for Immigration.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

…autionary measures, to carry out removal or containment work or to pass on information, the Prefect may order the owner of all or part of a collective dwelling mentioned in article R. 1334-17 or of a…

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