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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-13

…lectual Property Code; 4° Texts adopted for the application of the Article 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to the use of the French language; 5° Of the loi n° 2010-729 du 30 juin 2010 te…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Common provisions

Article A322-3-3

…oir-nager en sécurité" certificate validated outside school hours, as provided for in theOrder of 9 August 2022 relating to the "savoir-nager" safety certificate outside school hours; 3° The "attestat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 827

…the law of 27 December 1923 and carrying out the operations designated in Article 1 of the law of 2 August 1932 facilitating the construction of premises for craft use;2° Allocations of housing made b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-16

In the regions of Guadeloupe and Réunion, aid granted by the State before 3 August 1984, the date of publication of the loi n° 84-747 du 2 août 1984 relative aux compétences des régions de Guadeloupe,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…roval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public establishment mentioned in Ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-1

…visa; 2° A long-stay visa conferring on its holder, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 or L. 421-26 and L. 425-4, L. 426-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter participation in local decision-making

Article L1821-1

…is applicable to the municipalities of French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 relating to differentiation, decentralisation, deconcentration and various m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-22

…d systems at group level to meet the requirements set out in Articles L. 355-2, L. 355-3 and L. 356-21 and Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-23

…er. This decree specifies the conditions under which the expert opinion provided for by article 712-21 may not be ordered, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, either because of the existence…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R3123-16

…s not the subject of any exclusion from participation in the procedure for awarding concession contracts provided for in Articles L. 3123-1 to L. 3123-14 ; 2° That the information and documents relati…

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