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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-16

…or cell therapy preparations, in accordance with the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 1245-6.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-1

For operations carried out with the guarantee of the State, the special conditions, in particular tariffs, of reinsurance treaties and insurance contracts are set by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-16

If an appeal is lodged against the recognition or execution of the EIO, the magistrate hearing the appeal shall inform the issuing authority of the appeal and its outcome..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules.

Article R213-16-1

The amount mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of I of article L. 213-6-3 is set at 100,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16-1

The trade union organisations to which the files constituted from the data mentioned in 3° of article R. 2122-14 are sent destroy these files at the end of a period of one month after the close of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4111-16-1

Practice licences are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 B

…sums are added to the amount of these taxes. II. - 1. a) Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 2331-3, L. 3332-1, L. 4331-2, L. 5214-23, L. 5215-32 and L. 5216-8 du code général des collectivi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Bodies responsible for organising international sporting competitions

Article 1655 septies

…ng referred to in Article 235 bis;c) The contributions referred to in 2° and 3° of the I of Article L. 6131-1 du code du travail;d) (Repealed)3° Subject to 2°, the taxes provided for in Titles I to II…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-16

If it deems it useful, the criminal court will hear the convicted person and any person with rights to the property that has been confiscated, if necessary by means of a rogatory commission. These per…

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