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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-14

…w Caledonia and French Polynesia, in particular for :1° Drawing up and, where appropriate, applying regulations and rules of good practice ;2° Defining health quality and safety for activities within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Controls

Article L3515-1

…ensure compliance with articles L. 3512-8, L. 3512-12, L. 3513-5 and L. 3513-6 of this Code and the regulations adopted for its application, and shall investigate and record any breaches of these prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-5

…310-3-2 does not reach the guarantee fund, or if the fund is not constituted in accordance with the regulations, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, without prejudice to the implemen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…7 and R. 385-18 to R. 385-20, under the conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

The granting of aid from the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-10

…acting in concert are jointly and severally liable for the obligations imposed on them by laws and regulations.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-29

…413-1 and L. 413-2; 4° Goods, objects or appliances recognised as not complying with the laws and regulations in force and presenting a danger to the health or safety of consumers; 5° Goods presente…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-3-1

…e for retail or distribution activities, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Articles 19 and 20 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-7

…opinion, in a general manner, on all matters where its consultation is provided for by the laws and regulations in force. In the event of disagreement between the town council and the syndicate commis…

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