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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-2

…h published in the Journal officiel de la République française.For each of the members mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7 of article R. 5322-1, an alternate member is appointed under the same condition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public.

Article R312-18

…ctions of repayable funds from the public when they comply with the following conditions and limits:1° These issues relate to debt securities mentioned in 2 of II of Article L. 211-1, with the excepti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-5

The authority responsible for the public website shall make the reports referred to in Article L. 3512-7 public no later than 1 July of the year in which they are received. These reports remain access…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-5

…cle L. 8271-1-2 may carry out the following acts under a pseudonym without being criminally liable: 1° Participate in electronic exchanges, including with persons likely to be the perpetrators of thes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-4-1

…ution and denominated in euros or in the currency of another State, under the following conditions :1° These funds must be returned by the credit institution to the holder in accordance with the appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to 1° Activities involving a risk of exposure of persons to ionising radiation due to the use of either an artificial source, whether substances or devices, or a n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences concerning cinema and video exhibition receipts

Article L441-1

Unless one or more of the administrative sanctions provided for in 2° to 7° of article L. 422-1 in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-16

The following are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The conditions for granting, suspending or withdrawing the advertising approval provided for in article L. 5122-8 ; 2° The procedures for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Policing of teaching activities

Article L212-13

The administrative authority may, by means of a reasoned order, prohibit any person whose continued activity constitutes a danger to the health and physical or moral safety of the participants, tempor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-11

The mobilisation of the rights mentioned in Article L. 5151-10 is financed : 1° By the State, for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 5°, and 6° of article L. 5151-9, as well as for the activi…

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