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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

The provisions of Chapter III of Title I and those of Title II of Book IV of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3842-4 as amended by L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State assets transferred to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-45

…e transfers of assets between the State and the territorial collectivity of Corsica provided for in III of Article L. 4424-7 and to articles L. 4424-22, L. 4424-23, L. 4424-24 and L. 4424-25 of this c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-19

…operation, a public establishment of an administrative nature subject to the rules defined in Title III of Book IV of Part One of the present Code, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for carrying out the activities of the Etablissement Français du Sang and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre

Article R1222-34

…Etablissement Français du Sang are carried out in accordance with : 1° The approval referred to in III of Article L. 1222-11 issued by the Agence nationale du médicament et des produits de santé to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rights and obligations of professionals

Article R444-13

…le L. 444-1, any sum other than the fees stipulated in the fee agreement provided for in that text. III-These professionals are entitled to reimbursement of sums owed to third parties and paid or adva…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-2

…ference to it in the annual communication it provides to all members pursuant to article L. 441-3-1.III. - When the insurance undertaking or the supplementary occupational pension fund includes the in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16-4

…gether the information relating to their establishments by State or territory, referred to in 1° of III of the same article, as well as a table grouping together by State or territory the other inform…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article R2334-3

The amount of the reduction or increase mentioned in the first paragraph of III of article L. 2334-7 is equal for each commune to the product of the difference between its population recorded in respe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-41

…th's salary. This provision applies without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Title III of this book relating to the rules governing the termination of open-ended employment contracts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-1

…lles de soins ambulatoires are civil partnerships governed by Chapters I and II of Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code and by this Title.

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