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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-9

Any breach of the provisions of articles D. 214-80 to D. 214-80-8 is subject to the penalties provided for in the sixth paragraph of article 1763 C of the General Tax Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D6153-1-23

Junior doctors practising medicine, pharmacy or odontology in a public health establishment on a locum basis are, in the context of this activity, subject to the provisions of articles D. 6152-356 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-2

…as the case may be, to articles 712-6,712-7or 712-13, grants this suspension of sentence, may provide that the sentenced person will be subject to one or more of the following obligations, designed i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-11-1

For swimming pools under the authority or supervision of the Minister for Defence, the terms of this section apply subject to the following provisions: 1° The water supply to the pools must be provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-2

The chronic diseases referred to in 5° of Article L. 3142-1 and 6° of Article L. 3142-4 are: 1° Chronic diseases covered under Articles D. 160-4 and R. 160-12 of the Social Security Code; 2° Rare dise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-10

The stipulations of the agreements mentioned in articles D. 6124-26-8 and D. 6124-26-9 are included, where applicable, in the network's constitutive agreement provided for in article R. 6123-29.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-3

Exceptional aid is allocated in the form of a direct grant to authors of works in the documentary genre to enable them to create new works by compensating for part of the loss of income they have suff…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-2

For the purposes of calculating the 50% proportion referred to in Article D. 214-232, account is taken of exposures held directly or indirectly by the securitisation undertaking, including through any…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-12-1

Clients referred to in Article D. 533-12 may waive the protection afforded by the rules of conduct only in accordance with the following procedure: 1° The client shall notify the investment service pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-3

…with public status, or the healthcare establishment of the grouping to which they belong when they do not have legal personality and the establishment of which they constitute a site is not the suppo…

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