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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D593-5

For the application of this book to Saint-Martin: 1° In article D. 521-12, the words: "as well as the state of progress of the procedures for determining the State responsible for examining the asylum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-5

Subject to the provisions of article L. 2531-7, the payment is allocated to the financing of investment and operating expenses for regular public passenger transport carried out in the Paris transport…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4436-5

The Consultative Council may decide, by an absolute majority of its members, to take up any issues falling within the remit of the region or department and of direct interest to the environment, livin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article A422-5

…ance framework providing for a division of tasks and responsibilities and the necessary delegations to ensure effective implementation of the investment strategy. It shall adopt internal control stand…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to personal health information.

Article R1111-5

…talisation at the request of a third party considers that this information can only be communicated to the applicant in the presence of a doctor, he shall inform the person concerned. If the person co…

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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 L772-5

…Martin of the provisions of Chapter I of Title VI of Book V, the offence of tax fraud is considered to be either the offence provided for by the provisions of article 1741 of the General Tax Code comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-5

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 1452-1, the defendant's summons to appear before the conciliation and referral office and, where the matter is directly referred to it,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-50

…médicament et des produits de santé and the regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinator simultaneously receive serious incident report forms, adverse reaction report forms for donors a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-51

Decisions by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité des médicaments et des produits de santé, following consultation with the Etablissement français du sang and the Armed Forces Bloo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-52

The provisions of this section shall apply to biomedical research on labile blood products, without prejudice to the provisions of Title II of Book I of Part One of this Code.

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