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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-7

…to L. 1231-4, L. 1232-2 and L. 1235-2 are applicable there in their wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Articles L. 1232-1 and L. 1232-6 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-1

…° Articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-1-1, L. 2131-4 and L. 2131-4-1, in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021;2° Article L. 2131-4-2, in the version resulting from Law no. 2011-814 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

…applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-502 of 26 April 2021.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

Personal data concerning persons who are the subject of proceedings to investigate the causes of death or disappearance are deleted once the investigation has made it possible to find the missing pers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

…ences on attendance at cinemas of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary to manage the end of the health…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article R775-29

…applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 678

If the act committed is a crime, the court or tribunal, after having the perpetrator arrested, questions him and draws up a report of the facts; this court transmits the documents and orders the perpe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

For the application of articles L. 441-17 and L. 441-18, a guide to good practice is published and updated regularly. Each distributor shall communicate to the Director General of Competition, Consume…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…s amended by Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020; Article R. 121-20 as amended by Decree no. 2017-891 of 6 May 2017; Articles R. 121-23 and R. 125-1 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 Decem…

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