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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General safety measures

Article R4462-9

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 4227-28 to R. 4227-33, the following fire-fighting measures are taken for fixed installations within the pyrotechnic enclosure: 1° The immediate s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

…t allow the normal performance of service obligations as defined in articles R. 6152-27 and R. 6152-28 ; 5° Secondment as a university hospital practitioner, under the conditions provided for in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2

…fractions determined under the conditions provided for in IX of Article 60 of Law No. 2018-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020:- that mentioned in I of Article 59 of Law no. 2003-1311 of 30…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…tablishment and whose total value of assets is greater than or equal to 40 billion euros on 27 June 2019 shall be required to have one intermediate parent undertaking or, where deemed necessary in acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3

…dance with the good manufacturing practices referred to in point 2 of Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and the good distribution practices referred to in point 8 of Article 95…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L924-6

…in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from that date without any significant change in the paymen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

I. - The payment service provider may not charge the payment service user for fulfilling its information obligations or for carrying out corrective and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

I. - Once the order has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

The preparation, preservation, distribution and transfer, for autologous or allogeneic therapeutic purposes, of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy preparations may be carried out by establ…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

The tourist residence may be placed under the status of co-ownership of built property as defined by law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 , as amended, or under the status of timeshare property allocation c…

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