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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…ts application in French Polynesia, in the first paragraph, after the words: "Article 371-1 of the Civil Code", the following words are inserted: "subject to locally applicable regulations relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-15

I.-The administrative authority may, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated and after having obtained the agreement of the public prosecutor, compromise on the prosecution of contrav…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration committees

Article L511-102

…es the decisions that the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions takes concerning remuneration, in particular those that have an impact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Public and civil proceedings

Article D1-1

The terms of application of II to IV of Article 28 of Organic Law No. 2011-333 of 29 March 2011 on the Human Rights Defender are specified by this article. I.-The proposal for a settlement made by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Declaration of interest-free repayable advances

Article 1649 A bis

The administrations, establishments, bodies or persons referred to in the first paragraph of

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

Article R2441-1

…27 to R. 2131-34, and subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-A.- In Article R. 2131-1, IV and VI are not applicable.In article R. 2131-1, IV and VI do not apply. B.-In article R. 2131-2:…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 bis

…rovided for in I is less than 95% of the average of the prices or the average purchase price respectively referred to in the articles L. 225-177 and L. 225-179 of the French Commercial Code, the diffe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VH

…ded for in article 150 VG.If applicable, the rules of payability and recovery provided for in Title IV of the Book of Tax Procedures shall be applied for taxes recovered by the competent public accoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-2

…more than three years in other cases. The time limits are increased to three and four years respectively when one of the acts constituting the offence was committed outside national territory. The ti…

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