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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-15

Blood and its components may only be used to prepare in vitro diagnostic medical devices if the results of the tests and analyses provided for in b, c and d of 5° of Article D. 1221-6 are negative. Ho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VM

…s out, as appropriate, the elements used to calculate the tax or the option provided for in article 150 VL. It is filed:1° For disposals carried out with the participation of an intermediary domiciled…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-156

I. - direct or indirect holdings in the companies referred to in 2° of the I of article L. 214-115 may represent up to 100% of the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier, if the following…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article D752-15

Article D. 314-2 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2017-1314 of 31 August 2017.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-157

…facility has, within its premises or in the immediate vicinity, a room where doctors can be on call 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-61

…uest of the production company, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, taking into account the specific nature of the audiovisual work in question and the seri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-16

…g full reparation for the damage suffered. The third, fourth and last paragraphs of article L. 1142-15, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1142-17, article L. 1142-19 and ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article L341-15

…g the public maritime domain are set out in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-15

The Board of Directors may delegate certain of its powers to its Chairman or to the Chief Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 3°, 4°, 6°, 7°, 10°, 18° and 20°, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-15

…ion shall include a file containing all the information required to verify compliance with Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code and the provisions of this Title, the model for which shall be laid dow…

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