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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Committee for Health and Social Organisation.

Article R6122-7

…riod of five years. The internal rules of procedure of the Committee referred to in Article R. 6122-21 set the terms and conditions according to which the bodies, institutions, groupings or trade unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers

Article L522-11-3

…s provided for in Article L. 612-39, including removal from the list provided for in Article L. 612-21; 2° The account information service provider may no longer provide the payment service referred t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-4

…he multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent passport" provided for in articles L. 421-9, L. 421-10, L. 421-13 or L. 421-16 to L. 421-21, the multi-annual residence permit bearing the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

I. - The articles L. 2321-1 to L. 2321-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 2321-2:1° In 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R224-6-1

…Articles L. 132-9-6 of the French Insurance Code, L. 223-10-5 of the French Mutual Code and L. 312-21-1 apply to unliquidated contracts, regardless of when they were opened, relating to the following…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-35

…articles D. 1332-20 and D. 1332-22 and transmitted under the conditions defined in articles D. 1332-21 and D. 1332-22; 3° The reasons justifying a closure decision when bathing waters are of "insuffic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article D721-24

The declarations referred to in Article R. 721-22 shall specify, for the purpose of identifying the account and safe-deposit box holders:1° For natural persons, their surname, first names, date and pl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-8

…culars, where applicable -candidate circulars where the provisions of paragraph 3 of article R. 713-21 are applied. II. II -For postal voting, the voting material is sent to the voters by post in an e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…ABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROMFIRST TITLEFIRST SECTIONSECTION IV HeadcountArticle D. 210-21Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020TITRE II Chapter I General partnerships Article D. 221-5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R774-1

…articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 511-1no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exception of a, b and d of 2° of its In° 2018-1075 o…

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