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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4321-32-2

…r submitting, transmitting, processing and issuing an application for a European professional card; 3° The procedures for updating, pursuant to Article 4 of Order No. 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 alr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-24

…ewable term of three years in accordance with the procedures laid down in the internal regulations; 3° Twenty-four members, appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the ministers resp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…e of searching for or arresting a person; 2° The obligations or prohibitions referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 3° bis, 7°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 12° bis, 14° and 17° of Article 138 and in Article 138-3 of this code a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L775-37

…any other form of freedom of establishment and under the freedom to provide services" are deleted; 3° In Article L. 562-4-1, references to European regulations on restrictive measures adopted pursuan…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety

Article R452-4

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable by articles R. 452-3 and R. 452-3-1 are also liable to confiscation of the item that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-3

…enalty, of a sum not exceeding the following amounts:a) For the natural persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of II of Article L. 824-1, the sum of €50,000;b) For the natural persons mentioned in 2° and 4° o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-1

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE BY MEDICAL STUDENTS: CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE LEVEL OF STUDY DEPENDING ON THE ACTIVITY OF THE DOCTOR BEING REPLACED, CITED IN ARTICLE R. 4131-1Conditions to be fulfilled by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-4

The transmission deadlines referred to in Articles L. 228-2 and L. 228-3 are specified in 6. of Article 9 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R774-1

…tual Property Code" are added the words: "in the version applicable in French Polynesia";2° In b of 3° of Article R. 511-2-1-2:a) The words: "as defined in Article 3 of Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 Dece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-1

…lectual Property Code" are added the words: "in the version applicable in New Caledonia";2° In b of 3° of Article R. 511-2-1-2:a) The words: "as defined in Article 3 of Decree No. 2008-1354 of 18 Dece…

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