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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8

…tle II of Book II of Part Five;5° Cellular products for therapeutic purposes referred to in Article L. 1243-1 ; 6° (Repealed) ;7° Excipients for pharmaceutical use and substances used in the manufactu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Community of communes

Article L5842-22

I. - Article L. 5214-16, with the exception of VI and VII, and Articles L. 5214-16-1 to L. 5214-22 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…places a tobacco product on the market without having submitted the declaration defined in Article L. 3512-17 ; 2° Failure by a tobacco product manufacturer or importer to submit a market survey in b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-38

…hat provider, and accessible via a voice communications service within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code. These services can be accessed from mai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-1

…and all other data relating to health risks in the workplace, collected in accordance with article L. 1413-7. It is responsible, on behalf of the State, for the administrative, financial and logistic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article L812-1

The provisions of articles L. 129-5 to L. 129-12 apply in the overseas departments and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the universal employment-service voucher is in the nature of a special payment vouc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-1

…er of Title I of Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception ofArticle L. 1110-7, and subject to the adaptations set out in II.Article L. 1110-2-1 shall apply to Wallis an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-4

…l as any private person responsible for a private distribution authorised in application of article L. 1321-7, is a water supplier. It is required to:1° Monitor the quality of the water produced or di…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-2

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book I in New Caledonia:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the Republi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-2

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book I in French Polynesia:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the Repu…

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