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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-7

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)

Article L221-27

The Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire is opened by natural persons whose tax residence is in France in establishments and organisations authorised to receive deposits. The sums deposited in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-11

Research involving the human person does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons who take part in it, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, wher…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Swimming pools and bathing areas.

Article L1332-3

The person responsible for a bathing water is deemed to be the person who declares the bathing water in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1332-1, or, in the absence of a declarant, the comm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-4

The Agency has a Steering Committee which ensures the quality of its medical and scientific expertise, taking into account any ethical issues that may arise. This board must be consulted by the Direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article L3135-3

I. - Without prejudice to any actions that may be brought in accordance with ordinary law, full compensation for medical accidents, iatrogenic conditions and nosocomial infections attributable to prev…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

I. - The amount of the financial contribution from the Bouches-du-Rhône department referred to in Article L. 2513-5 is determined each year by agreement between the Bouches-du-Rhône department and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-9

For the application of the regulations mentioned in articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-8 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-1

For the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, the list of which is set by decision of the Director General of the Ag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-11

The council of the Greater Paris metropolis adopts by a two-thirds majority, within six months of its creation, a financial and fiscal pact defining the financial relations between the Greater Paris m…

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