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

Article L3821-8

Articles L. 3114-1 and L. 3114-3 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book I of this Part are applicable in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. For its application in the territory of the Wallis an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-6

…nary sanctions provided for in article L. 4124-6 are applicable to doctors, dental surgeons and midwives when they are temporarily practising their profession in the French Southern and Antarctic Terr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article R*327-1

…amount equal to the difference between the amount of the technical provisions, as defined in Title IV of Book III of this Code, which appear as liabilities on the assignee's last balance sheet in res…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific procedures for group actions in the field of competition

Article L623-24

…eaches of which the trader is accused concern compliance with the rules defined in Title II of Book IV of the Commercial Code or Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European U…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-20

For the application of the third paragraph of II of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or dem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2455

…discussion of the matter in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter I of Title I of Book IV of this Code. During this discussion, the sale of the mortgaged property is suspended. This third…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-3

…latter is responsible for compliance with the provisions of this Code relating to pharmaceutical activity. II. - Pharmacists practising within an internal-use pharmacy practice their profession person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-4

…ceable, except where the deferred committal order is subject to provisional enforcement pursuant to IV of Article 464-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-98

…TS covered by sub-section 1 or FIAs covered by paragraph 1 of sub-section 2 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II or foreign UCITS approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims.

Article R313-25

…es L. 313-42 to L. 313-49 shall explicitly state: 1° The purpose of the mobilisation ; 2° The exclusive purpose of the issuing credit institution; 3° The exemption provided for in 2° of IV of article…

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