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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe VIII

…123-167 et seq indicating the references of the prefectoral approval provided for in article L. 123-11-3 and an extract from the RCS or trade register of the domiciliary, unless the latter is register…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…uments, updated as necessary, presented in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 5121-11: 1° Chemical, pharmaceutical and biological data ; 2° The results of pre-clinical tests and clini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

…le genetic tests;10° To issue the authorisations provided for in :a) Articles L. 2141-9 and L. 2141-11-1;b) VIII of article L. 2131-1, the penultimate paragraph of article L. 2131-4 and articles L. 21…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020:- that mentioned in I of Article 59 of Law no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003 on finance for 2004, taking into account Article 40 of Law no. 2005-1719 of 3…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Barthélemy :1° In Article R. 2111-9:a) 2° is deleted ;b) In 5°, the words: "other technical standards drawn up by European standardi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-20

…e exception of insurance and reinsurance brokers and brokerage companies referred to in Article L. 511-1 of the French Insurance Code, as well as banking and payment services intermediaries, who are s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R366-4

…c in the province where the signatory resides" and by the words: "before one of these authorities"; 11° In article R. 313-12, the last sentence is deleted; 12° In Article R. 313-13, the words: "the ma…

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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 L411-4

…ls mentioned in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7 and L. 423-23; in this case, its duration is two years; 11° To foreign nationals mentioned in article L. 425-9; in this case, its duration is equal to that…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38-1

…ents using scriptural money, where their cumulative total exceeds the threshold mentioned inArticle 11 of Decree no. 2019-1061 of 17 October 2019 on the supervision of the games offered by La Français…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15

…ned has failed to fulfil one of the obligations set out in the decree referred to in article L. 221-11 ; c) Where the person concerned has committed acts likely to justify a conviction for a crime or…

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