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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-6

Where the letting of premises for commercial use as furnished tourist accommodation does not involve a change of use or sub-destination subject to planning permission pursuant to c of article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-4

I.-Notwithstanding I of Article 11-2, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the administration in writing of a conviction, even if not final, for one or more of the offences mentioned in II of this artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-6

Subject to the provisions of article R. 623-7, in order to be registered, the denomination must enable the variety to be identified from any other variety and avoid any risk of confusion with any othe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity, and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

I.-Third-party donors receive, at the time of donation, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 as well as information on the limitations on their right…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13

The import into the customs territory of medicinal products for human use and the import and export of gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 12° and 13° of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L773-8

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L774-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the committee responsible for examining applications from pharmacists holding evidence of formal qualifications issued by a Member State of the European Union or by another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party.

Article D4221-2

I.-When it meets pursuant to articles L. 4221-9, L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2, the commission for authorisation to practise is composed as follows:1° The director general of the Centre national de ge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 82

To determine the tax bases, account is taken of the net amount of salaries, allowances and emoluments, wages, pensions and life annuities, as well as all benefits in money or in kind granted to the pe…

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