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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-4

…ticle R. 1333-139;6° Not being able to present the list of premises provided for in Article R. 1333-144; 7° Not complying with the conditions laid down in the authorisation provided for in Article R.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 B bis

…t from business property tax establishments that benefit from the exemption provided for in article 1463 B. For a period of seven years from the year following the creation of the business, the exempt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-6

…dge verification tests under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 4221-14-7 or if he has failed these tests four times ; - on the effective date of the assignment of the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

…are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-17, with the impl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-14

…omparable to the initial statements; or 3° That the public statements could not have influenced the decision to contract. III.-The consumer may not contest conformity by invoking a defect relating to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…uant 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 consume…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-1

The provisions of the Electoral Code mentioned in this sub-section are applicable to referendums organised by the communes of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, under the conditions laid down in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-2

The provisions of the Electoral Code and those of Law No. 77-808 of 19 July 1977 on the publication and dissemination of certain opinion polls referred to in this sub-section are applicable in their w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-14-1

French nationality is conferred by decree, on a proposal from the Minister of Defence, on any foreigner serving in the French armed forces who has been wounded on a mission during or on the occasion o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 142-5, house arrest enforced under mobile electronic surveillance may be ordered when the person is under investigation for violence or threats, punishable by…

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