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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6111-2

…al conference with the information it needs to propose the action programme referred to in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6161-2, together with monitoring indicators, with a view to combating undesirable e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-21

For the application of II of Article L. 561-10-3, the persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c and 5° to 6°a of Article L. 561-2 shall implement the following specific due diligence measures, the intensity of w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-2

…d of Directors are made in accordance with the rules defined in the first two paragraphs of article L. 1411-5-2, specified in section 3 of chapter I of title I of book 4 of part one.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-20

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of the fifth and sixth paragraphs of I of article L. 312-20, deposits and assets held in dormant accounts as referred to in article L. 312-19 are deposited, af…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R286-2

…Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 2° References to the benefits mentioned in Articles L. 160-8 and L. 160-9 of the Social Security Code are replaced by references to sickness and materni…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R285-2

…sioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 2° The references to the benefits mentioned in Articles L. 160-8 and L. 160-9 of the Social Security Code are replaced by the reference to sickness and mate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article R552-2

For the purposes of managing the accommodation facilities for asylum seekers referred to in Article L. 552-1 other than hotels, the Minister responsible for asylum shall set the following standard doc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-24

…used medicines and, where applicable, their packaging, under the conditions set out in I of article L. 541-10 of the Environmental Code. They carry out the following operations: 1° Providing pharmacie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-23

In the cases provided for in article L. 6142-12, the ministers responsible for higher education and health shall take a decision in the light of the opinion issued by a national commission comprising…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-27

The one-year period provided for in paragraph 2 of Article L. 613-18 runs from the day of receipt of the notification provided for in Article R. 613-26. The legitimate excuses provided for in paragrap…

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