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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article R2153-4

Where two or more tenders are equivalent in terms of the award criteria, preference is given to the tender that cannot be rejected pursuant to article R. 2153-3. Tenders are considered equivalent if t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-4

The filing in simplified form provided for in Article L. 512-2, paragraph 5, includes the documents and information set out in Article R. 512-3. However, until the waiver of the postponement provided…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-5

The patent application must, within one month of the filing of the documents, be followed by payment of: 1° The filing fee; 2° The search report fee, unless the application has been filed in the form…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article A160-1

The register of objections provided for in article A. 160-3 is kept at the registered office in the case of French companies and, in the case of foreign companies, at the registered office of the esta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4322-15-1

…sentative, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;3° A representative of the regional association of chiropodists;4° A doctor ;5° Two chiropodists.An…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency medical facilities

Article D6124-8

In a private health establishment authorised to carry out the activity referred to in 3° of article R. 6123-1 and in order to ensure the medical availability referred to in article D. 6124-3, a roster…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-3

…former avocats à la Cour de cassation et au Conseil d'Etat having served for at least five years ; 3° Former notaries, former bailiffs and former auctioneers who have held office for at least five ye…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Special provisions for gifts

Article 776 quater

…nsferred, up to the limit of that value, provided that the notarised certificates, mentioned in the 3° of article 28 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, relating to thes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-2

…ro fertilisation ; 2° Cytogenetic tests, including molecular tests, on the embryonic cell or cells; 3° Molecular genetic tests on the embryonic cell or cells.

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