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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1

…ion and transformation of the healthcare system, with the exception of Articles L. 4123-15, L. 4123-16, L. 4124-9, L. 4124-10, L. 4126-7, L. 4131-4 and L. 4131-5 and Chapter III of Title III, shall ap…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

…e no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020 C(2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article D446-5

…owing provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise specified in the table below. Applicable articles In the wording…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal council…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-23

…to which he belongs and register his diploma, under the conditions provided for in article L. 4221-16 for pharmacists or under the conditions provided for in article L. 241-1 of the rural and maritim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

I.-Gifts of full ownership of sums of money made to a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or, in the absence of such a descendant, a nephew or niece, are exempt from free transfer tax up to a limit of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

…ing the quality and safety of the elements or products with regard to the requirements of Directive 2004/23/EC, where applicable.A decision by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…of a European Certificate of Succession ;- Articles 44 to 57 and 60 of Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1103 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-6

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has reasonable grounds to suspect that acts infringing the provisions applicable to investment serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R613-1-B

I.-For the purposes of Articles L. 613-20-1 and L. 613-21-1, information is considered essential if it may have a significant impact on the assessment of the financial soundness of a credit institutio…

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