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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-10

I.-Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 3121-5, shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the adaptations provided for in this Article.Chapter I of Title II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…with the exception of Articles L. 1111-3-1 to L. 1111-3-6, the second paragraph of Article L. 1111-5 and Section 3, and subject to the adaptations provided for in II.The first paragraph of article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

The report referred to in the fourteenth paragraph of Article L. 1524-5 of this code includes the following information: 1° A presentation of the semi-public company recalling its history, its corpora…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-2

…n cause is a failure by a producer or supplier of one of the products mentioned in II of article L. 5311-1 or by a service provider using one of these products to comply with their legal or contractua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-1

…rt shall apply to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the adaptations defined in this chapter.Articles L. 5211-1 to L. 5211-3-2, L. 5211-6, L. 5212-1, L. 5212-2, L. 5212-2-1, L. 5212-3, L. 5213-1 to L. 5213…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247-2

If the plaintiff files for divorce on the grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond and the defendant counterclaims for divorce on the grounds of fault, the plaintiff may invoke the faults…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247-1

The spouses may also, at any stage of the proceedings, when divorce has been requested on the grounds of definitive alteration of the marital bond or on the grounds of fault, ask the judge to record t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247

The spouses may, at any time during the proceedings: 1° Divorce by mutual consent by private-signature deed countersigned by lawyers, filed with a notary; 2° In the case provided for in 1° of Article…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules of procedure common to all proceedings

Article 368

In customs matters, customs officers may issue all writs and other legal documents that bailiffs are accustomed to issuing; they may, however, use any bailiff they see fit, in particular for the sale…

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