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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

I.-The following are applicable in the territories of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-2-2

For its application in Mayotte, 2° of Article L. 5125-3 is worded as follows:" 2° The opening of a pharmacy by means of creation, if the demographic conditions provided for in Article L. 5511-3 are me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L773-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-2

…ion to the holder's person; c) The identification, characteristics and quantity of the medicinal products, products and objects defined in article L. 4211-1, dispensed with or without a medical prescr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations arising from marriage

Article 208

Alimony shall be granted only in proportion to the need of the person claiming it, and the wealth of the person owing it. The judge may, even of his own motion, and according to the circumstances of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 228

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the judicial police officer or agent has committed an offence under criminal law, it shall also order that the case file be forwarded to the Public Prosecut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-2-2

When the misleading commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4 have been committed as part of an organised gang, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-2 is increased…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-2

…tor whether he or she wishes certain people to be called before the judge first, as a general rule, due to the sentence imposed, the nature of the offence or the convicted person's previous record.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

…blic interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fal…

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