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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-10

…Ile-de-France region. In addition, this council exercises the powers referred to in article L. 4124-11. It may decide to temporarily suspend the right to practise in the event of the professional's in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…provisions of Book I to Saint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Code are repl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…de pursuant to articles 54 and 55 of law no. 46-2389 of 28 October 1946, amended by articles 10 and 11 of law no. 56-589 of 18 June 1956 and article 1 of decree no. 73-974 of 12 October 1973, are draw…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-16

…dministration expenditure. As an exception to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 5211-1, the following rules apply: 1° All delegates take part in the vote on matters of common interes…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-1

For the application of Article R. 134-2, notwithstanding Article 142-3 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-4

…luded with it by the bodies mentioned in articles L. 225-1-1 of the social security code and L. 723-11 of the rural and maritime fishing code, and approved by the ministers responsible for social secu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-7

…Directors are enforceable as follows: 1° Decisions relating to the matters listed in 2°, 5°, 7° to 11° and 14° to 17° of article L. 6431-6 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they are rece…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-53

…d that the person has not complied with one of the prohibition measures provided for in 9°, 10° and 11° of article 41-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-2

…ice and the Minister of the Interior, and accompanied by the information mentioned in article R. 53-11. When the packaging of the seals and biological samples sent to it does not comply with the requi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-3

…ties; 10° A payment card, each use of which is authorised by the credit institution that issued it; 11° Two bank cheque forms per month or equivalent means of payment offering the same services; 12° A…

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