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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The Chairman

Article L5913-1

When the conditions for its meeting are met in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5912-1, the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors is convened and chaired…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-1

The digital procedural file provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article 801-1 is made up of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph of this article received, drawn up or converted by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article D600-1

…elon, subject to the provisions of Article D. 600-2, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "service pénitentiaire d'insertion et de probation" by: "conseiller pénitentiaire d'insertion et…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article D3342-1

An employee of an employers' group who benefits from a profit-sharing, incentive or employee savings plan agreement, set up in a company of the group to which he/she is seconded, which provides for a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-178

…posited in a specially allocated deposit account opened with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations:1° Provisions for judicial expert appraisals;2° Escrows allocated to the clerks of the commercial co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-17

…red on the list of jobseekers or is transferred to the category corresponding to his new situation: 1° Either fails to comply with the obligation to periodically renew his or her job application; 2° O…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-117

…rietary medicinal product which has already obtained marketing authorisation in France, as regards: 1° The period of stability, special storage precautions when these are stricter than those of the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-176

The in-house pharmacies referred to in Article L. 5126-1 shall forward to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, immediately upon request, a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-5

…ormation mentioned in article R. 1453-3 to the authority responsible for the single public website: 1° No later than 1st September for agreements concluded, remuneration paid and other benefits grante…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-8

The characteristics of the payment card referred to in Article A. 37-1 are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are details of the issuing department, the date of the offence, the amoun…

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