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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

Articles L. 3115-1, L. 3115-2, L. 3115-3, L. 3115-4, L. 3115-5, L. 3115-6, L. 3115 7, L. 3115-8, L. 3115-9, L. 3115-10, L. 3115-11, L. 3115-12 and L. 3115-13, in their version resulting from Order No.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Hospitality certificates

Article R313-8

…5° A provisional document issued when applying to renew the document mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4°;6° A diplomatic card;7° A special card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-31-3

…credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10 or in respect of a person mentioned in 3° to 6° of I of Article L. 613-34 under Section 4 of this chapter; 2° When they are taken by the competen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of the municipal authorities and litigation.

Article D2573-11

…d for in Article 105 of Decree No. 2016-360 of 25 March 2016 on public contracts" are deleted;2° In 6°, the words: "Articles 50 and 51 of Decree No. 2016-360 of 25 March 2016" are replaced by the word…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L362-1

Articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-6, L. 311-8 and L. 311-9, L. 324-1 to L. 324-2 and L. 342-1 to L. 342-29 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L714-4

The rights of the proprietor of a trademark pursuant to Articles L. 714-5, L. 714-6, L. 715-5 and L. 715-10 shall be declared forfeited by a court decision or by a decision of the Director General of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Gametes.

Article L1273-1

As stated in Article 511-6 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "The act of collecting or taking gametes from a living person without their written consent is punishable by five years' imprison…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-7-1

The organisation of the ballots mentioned in articles R. 1213-2 to R. 1213-5 is not required if a single list of candidates, complying with the provisions of these articles and of article R. 1213-6, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-31

…ffect the quality or safety of gametes or germ tissue must be reported to the person referred to in 6° and 7° of article R. 2141-29.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-8

On receipt of the documents referred to in articles R. 521-6 and R. 521-7, the registrar shall assign a serial number to the application for registration and, after checking that the file is complete…

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