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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-11

…search for and the recording by official report of infringements of the provisions of Articles L. 312-1-1, L. 312-1-2, L. 314-12, L. 314-13 and L. 315-6 to L. 315-8 of this Code. "The authorised offi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-7

…e R. 2131-5-5 is issued for a period of seven years, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to R. 6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of the specialised commission of the Region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-15-1

…ogramme provided for in article R. 3115-11 and the contingency plan provided for in article R. 3115-12 take account, where applicable, of the presence of a military entry point.In the case of military…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-69

…cts available in France and benefiting from the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8 or the early access authorisation or compassionate access authorisation referred to in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…bioavailability studies for generic proprietary medicinal products as defined in 5° of Article L. 5121-1, the procedure for inclusion in the register of generic groups referred to in Article L. 5121-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…shments and private establishments under contract with the State under Articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code;5° Office premises with a surface area of less than 100 square metres, comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They k…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

Subject to the share valuation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 125-17, any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-7-2

…ursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of cons…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-8

…the provisions of articles L. 233-5, L. 421-11, L. 421-14, L. 421-22, L. 422-10, L. 422-11, L. 422-12, L. 422-14, L. 424-9, L. 424-11 and L. 426-11 and the provisions relating to the resident's card,…

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