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

Article 312-22

…the time the application is submitted and during its appraisal;4° Not have been submitted to and accepted by a television service publisher or an on-demand audiovisual media service publisher prior t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-31

…ealth Agency may, after obtaining the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy responsible for the health sector, establish that there are exceptional ne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-31

…icle R. 1321-27 do not enable the quality of the water to be re-established at the point of compliance defined in 1° of article R. 1321-5, the person responsible for the distribution of water submits…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D773-31

…or the application of I:1° In Article D. 547-2, the words "under Directive (EU) 2015/2366" are replaced by the words "within the meaning of Article L. 314-1" and the words "pursuant to Directive 2015/…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D774-31

…or the application of I:1° In Article D. 547-2, the words "under Directive (EU) 2015/2366" are replaced by the words "within the meaning of Article L. 314-1" and the words "pursuant to Directive 2015/…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise the profession of pharmacist

Article R4221-31

…n sent, pursuant to Article L. 4221-16-1, by the bodies issuing training qualifications to the service or body responsible for registering the persons referred to in Article L. 4221-16 are : 1° The ci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-31

…r custody of a child, to deliver, free of charge or for consideration, their child, ward or apprentice under the age of sixteen years to persons exercising the professions referred to in article L. 71…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…o the share savings plan are used for one or more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code, or company investment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-31

…fact sheet presenting the video game creation company, together with a copy of the company's most recent articles of association and unique identification number;3° An estimate detailing the costs of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31

In addition to the application of article L. 561-30-1 and article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the department is authorised to pass on information it holds to the judicial authorities and cri…

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