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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…he manufacturer or importer in accordance with the conditions and deadlines set out in Article L. 3513-10; 7° Failure by a manufacturer or importer of a vaping product to send the annual declaration f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…h 1 of Article 8, Article 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 10, Article 12 and paragraph 1 of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006…

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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 R596-3

…After the reference to Article R. 521-9, the reference to Article R. 521-13 is inse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

…cal civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants;7° Interest on the debt ;8° The operati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

…cal civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants; 5° The contribution to the budget of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…tributions payable by the employer and the employee before deduction of the exemptions mentioned in 13° and, for statutory and collective bargaining contributions payable by the employee, their rates;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1465

In regional aid areas and for operations carried out from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories ;2° Regulation No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for cred…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…ember States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the Republic";2° In article L. 2113-5, the word "other" is deleted;3° In article L. 2113-8, the word "other" is deleted;4° In article…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…ment and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on drug precursors; 5° Goods referred to in Article L. 5132-9 of the Public Health Code; 6° Medicinal products for human use mentioned in article L. 5124-13…

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