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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

…de santé, after consultation with the president of the Etablissement français du sang and the director of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, and published in the Journal officiel de la Républ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-8

I. - The articles L. 2123-25, L. 2123-28 and L. 2123-29 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and IV. II. - For the application of the first…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7122-8

…he president shall read out the charter for locally elected representatives provided for in article L. 1111-1-1. The president provides the councillors at the assembly with a copy of the charter for l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-8

The references of all establishments authorised to carry out activities of custody or administration of financial instruments pursuant toArticle L. 542-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, managing s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisational rules

Article L541-8

Financial investment advisers : 1° Provide themselves with the resources and procedures necessary to carry out their activities and implement these resources and procedures efficiently ; 2° When provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L424-8

A financial instrument mentioned in 1 or 2 of II of Article L. 211-1 traded on a small and medium-sized enterprise growth market may only be traded on another small and medium-sized enterprise growth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-8

…the assembly shall read out the charter for locally elected representatives provided for in article L. 1111-1-1. The president provides the councillors at the assembly with a copy of the charter for l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-8

The insurance mentioned in article L. 3253-6 covers :1° Sums owed to employees on the date of the judgment opening any receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, as well as contributions owed…

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

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-8

The articles L. 2334-26 to L. 2334-30 and L. 2335-16 are applicable to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy.

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