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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-17

I.-Conforming to article L. 425-4 of the town planning code, the applicant, the State representative in the department, any member of the departmental commercial development commission, any profession…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-1

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency defines and implements the actions set out in article L. 232-5 to combat animal doping.II - It carries out the tasks entrusted to it by this title under the following…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1-1

Any person declaring the opening, transfer or relocation of a third or fourth category on-trade drinks outlet or any person declaring an establishment with a "petite licence restaurant" or "licence re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

The Minister of the Interior may, by order, prohibit the individual or collective movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health data platform

Article L1462-1

A public interest grouping, called the "Health Data Platform", is set up by the State, organisations representing patients and users of the healthcare system, producers of health data and public and p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-1

I.-For application in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article L. 511-10, the second paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "Authorisation to operate as a credit institution shall be granted by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-1

Articles L. 3311-1, L. 3321-1, L. 3322-6, L. 3322-8, L. 3322-9, the first paragraph of Article L. 3336-4, Articles L. 3342-1 to L. 3342-3 of Book III of this Part are applicable in the Territory of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable to self-employed workers.

Article L4535-1

Self-employed workers, as well as employers when they are directly involved in an activity on a building or civil engineering site, implement, with regard to other persons working on the site as well…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-10

I.-The Autorité de la concurrence must be notified, for information purposes, at least four months before its implementation, of any agreement between undertakings or groups of natural or legal person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-13

For deliveries of goods that are imported into the tax territory of the departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte and the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, S…

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