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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L750-1

In accordance with article L. 264-1, the provisions of articles L. 752-1 to L. 752-12, L. 753-1 to L. 753-12, L. 754-1 and L. 754-3 to L. 754-8 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

I. - When an armed forces hospital or other component of the armed forces health service participates in the implementation of the mental health policy conducted in application of this chapter : 1° Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-14

The amount of a direct allocation awarded in application of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Distance supply of consumer financial services

Article L343-2

Where the remote provision of financial services to a consumer is preceded by canvassing within the meaning of article L. 341-1, article L. 341-12 applies in place of article L. 222-5 of the Consumer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-172

For the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 and in II of article L. 5121-12-1, the obligations set out in article R. 5121-161 and articles R. 5121-166 to R. 5121-170 are car…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-1

…rom the loi n° 2021-1729 du 22 décembre 2021 pour la confi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-6

Experimental establishments within the meaning of 12° of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Traffic on waterways.

Article L343-7

The rules governing the use of watercraft on rivers are set out in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

The sponsor must communicate to the investigators of research involving the human person :1° The protocol for research involving the human person referred to in Article R. 1123-20 ; 2° Where applicabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the notion of business relationship means the professional or commercial relationship with the customer and includes, where applicable, the beneficial owner. In the c…

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