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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-15

If, after a traditional herbal medicinal product has been registered, the proprietor considers, on the basis of new data available to him, that, given its characteristics, the medicinal product is now…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

Article R7343-71

Without prejudice to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of indivi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions.

Article R6147-109

I. - The provisions of section 1 of chapter V of this title are applicable to the territorial public health establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon with the exception of articles R. 6145-21 and R. 6…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

Where filiation is established under the conditions laid down in article 342-11 by joint acknowledgement, the women named therein choose the surname that will devolve on the child at the latest at the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10°: Bonds received in exchange for shares in companies concerned by the extension of the public sector

Article 132 ter

…des banques in exchange for shares transferred to the State pursuant to the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982 are subject to the tax provisions applicable to income from fixed-rate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Termination of service

Article R6152-933

The duties of an associate practitioner may also be terminated in the following cases: 1° In the event of refusal of a place of assignment for the adaptation period or refusal to complete the skills c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

I.-The provisions of Title II of Book V of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, insofar as they apply to communes and their groupings, are applicable to semi-public companies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Voter participation in local decision-making

Article L1821-1

I.-The articles L. 1112-15 and L. 1112-17 and articles L. 1112-19 to L. 1112-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article L. 1112-16 is applicable to the municipalities of French Pol…

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