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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-2

I.-The obligation to declare and the obligation to disclose referred to in Articles L. 152-1 and L. 152-1-1 shall not be deemed to have been fulfilled if the information provided is incorrect or incom…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-1-2

When the health care establishment has a long-term care authorisation mentioned inarticle L. 174-5 of the Social Security Code, the contract provided for in article L. 6114-1 of this Code includes an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-2

For the application of article L. 5121-10-1 to Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "without prejudice to the evaluation of the expected service by the Haute Autorité de santé pursuan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-1-2

The information body referred to in article L. 451-1 provides the State, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, with information relating to all land motor vehicl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-10-2

I.-Disciplinary proceedings against a person appointed under the conditions provided for in III of article L. 812-2 may only relate to acts committed in the context of or in connection with the assign…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-2-1

As part of the tasks entrusted to mayors as agents of the State, the municipalities are responsible for: 1° Receiving and entering applications for national identity cards and passports and issuing th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-1

I. - A start-up grant for the new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 is instituted within the global operating grant.II. - During the first three years following their creation, new communes whos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-1-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 6146-1 and L. 6146-1-1, the director and the chairman of the medical commission of a public health establishment may decide to freely organise the medical operati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-2

I.-A "securitisation vehicle" is a legal entity, with or without legal personality, other than an insurance or reinsurance undertaking, which bears insurance risks ceded to it by an insurance or reins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-12

If it finds that one or more of the injuries referred to in Article L. 1142-24-10 are attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pr…

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