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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-13

Titles V and VI of Book II of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the following adaptations:a) The following sentence is added to article L. 1251-1 : "An agreeme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

Failures to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article L7222-13

To organise the work of the assembly, the president of the assembly of Martinique is assisted by four vice-presidents elected under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2.The President and V…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-105

…agenda for the meetings is set by the author of the notice of meeting. However, one or more shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital or a shareholders' association meeting the condi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-13

Any private-sector training provider that has set up an economic interest grouping and fails to have its accounts audited by a statutory auditor, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6352-9, is l…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for ships.

Article 190

Petroleum products and coal intended for bunkering ships, excluding pleasure craft and sports vessels, sailing at sea or on waterways flowing into the sea as far as the last customs office located ups…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-13

For their application to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the powers devolved by article L. 1142-5 to the regional commission for conciliation and compensation of medical acci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-13

The conditions of application of the provisions relating to economic, social and environmental training leave and trade union training leave, as well as to the staff of the public companies listed by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-13

In the fourth paragraph of Article L. 462-7: 1° In the first sentence, the words: ", a national competition authority of another Member State of the European Union or the European Commission" are dele…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-13

When sums due to right holders cannot be distributed or paid within the time limits set out in article L. 324-12 for the reasons set out in the second paragraph of I of this article, these sums are ma…

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