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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…mposed for the breaches mentioned in 9° and 14° to 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and in 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnover for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-2

…ommunal tax bases for council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling and for property tax on non-built-up properties;1° bis The product determined by apply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-3

…formation are required, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code, to keep secret any information which may come to their knowl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9

…store, distribute, transfer, import and export the xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 13° of Article L. 5121-1. This authorisation is issued for a period of five years. It is renewable a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-21

…elating to gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations referred to in 12° and 13° of Article L. 5121-1 apply to army hospitals. A decree in the Conseil d'État shall determine the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-15

At the hearing, the judge hears the applicant and the persons summoned pursuant to article R. 3211-13 or their representative, as well as the public prosecutor when he is the principal party. The pers…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-18

For the holding of the adversarial hearing provided for in the second paragraph of Article 723-13, the person's lawyer shall be summoned without delay and by any means.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-15

…event of non-compliance with any of the obligations laid down in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, the rector of the academic region may proceed :1° Suspend the authorisation of the training body…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…cil on simplified extradition procedure and supplementing the European Convention on Extradition of 13 December 1957.This section shall also apply to requests for provisional arrest for extradition pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article R1411-6

…eful for its examination and relating to its award. The provisions of the articles R. 244-1, R. 263-13 and R. 263-41 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code and those of articles R. 1612-8, R. 1612-12 and…

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