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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-18

…or organisations must have : 1° Premises fitted out, arranged and maintained in accordance with the rules of good practice referred to in Article L. 5121-5 and, where applicable, in accordance with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-56

…hments are required to have: 1° Premises fitted out, arranged and maintained in accordance with the rules of good practice provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-5 and, where applicabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-7 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-6)

Article Annexe 8-7

…Framework for the practice of the profession of statutory auditor A.-General framework: The audit market. The various assignments and their players. The objectives of audit and other engagements wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 619

Where, after cassation of a first judgment or ruling given at last instance, the second judgment or ruling given in the same case, between the same parties, proceeding in the same capacity, is challen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-2

The Territorial Council shall lay down the rules applicable to Saint-Martin in the matters listed in Article LO 6314-3. The deliberations by which the Territorial Council adopts the rules mentioned in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special procedures for calculating financial penalties.

Article 438

…relating to the objects of fraud have been made or entered into at a price higher than the domestic market price at the time when the fraud was committed, it may use this price as a basis for calculat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-26

…the opening of winding-up proceedings on the rights and obligations of participants in a regulated market are governed exclusively by the law applicable to that market.This provision shall not preven…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Tourist residences

Article L321-3

Marketing documents distributed to purchasers of accommodation located in tourist residences referred to in article L. 321-1 of this code must explicitly mention the existence of the right to the so-c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-12

…or on a ship. The total amount of the first-ranking liens and mortgages must not exceed 65% of the market value of the property or vessel constituting the security for the loan, estimated on the day…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-82

…the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the market share of this cinema to the amount of credits allocated to direct allocations.The amount of t…

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