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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-3

I. - A healthcare professional is subject to the professional sanctions provided for in article L. 4137-1 of the Defence Code for acts committed as a result of or in the course of his professional pra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-32

The provisions of this section do not apply: 1° To companies in liquidation insofar as the distribution of their assets among the members has been the subject of a start on execution; 2° Companies sub…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action before the examining magistrate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals in seasonal employment

Article L421-34

A foreign national who works in a seasonal job, as defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 of the Labour Code, and who undertakes to maintain his or her usual residence outside France, will be issued with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Data communication service providers

Article L774-39

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L7342-3

The worker benefits from the right of access to continuing vocational training provided for in Article L. 6312-2. The contribution to vocational training mentioned in article L. 6331-48 is paid by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Search and recording

Article L541-3

For application in New Caledonia: 1° In article L. 512-6, the word: "large" is replaced by the word: "first"; 2° In article L. 512-14, the words: "and establishments and bodies placed under the contro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-3

I.-The regional health plan :1° Indicates, with due respect for freedom of establishment, the need for facilities to provide the primary care referred to in article L. 1411-11 and the secondary care r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

…It is an offence to market, broker or distribute, whether free of charge or against payment, wholesale or retail, homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 11° of article L. 5121-1 or traditiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of international agreements and article L. 4111-3, a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife temporarily practising in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories must…

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