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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-2

Maternal and child health services and consultations, home-based maternal and child health protection activities, the approval of family assistants, as well as the approval, monitoring, training menti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

Under the conditions laid down in article 17-1 of the law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses

Article L464-2

Subject to the provisions of Article 226-14 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code shall apply if the members of the administrative, mana…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-4

On the departure of the tenant or the transferee of the leasehold right, the premises are returned to the owner in the state in which they are, without the owner being able to demand that the premises…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-18

If the Articles of Association do not specify the terms of the share transfer price when the company implements a clause introduced pursuant to articles L. 227-14, L. 227-16 and L. 227-17, this price…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6125-1

Opening or managing a private healthcare establishment or installing heavy equipment as defined in article L. 6122-14 in a private establishment providing medical care in breach of the provisions of a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-7

If sums are owed to a rights holder for acts of exploitation performed before his request for total or partial termination took effect, or under an exploitation authorisation granted before that effec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

Title I and Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 5121-9-1, as well as Articles L. 5122-1, L. 5124-13, L. 5125-1-1 and 6° of Article L. 5125-32 are applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund

Article L352-1

…antee Fund and any person who, by virtue of their duties, has access to documents and information held by the Fund, shall be liable to the penalties provided for in article 226-13 of the French Crimin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK I RELATING TO CURRENCY

Article L731-1

For the application of the first paragraph of Article L. 131-85 in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Banque de France shall receive from the Institut d'émission des dépa…

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