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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…ural or legal persons producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5141-2 or providing services associated with these veterinary medicinal products, financial penalties…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article A1

…2 bis of decree no. 75-360 of 15 May 1975 relating to the interministerial road safety committee ; 14° The director of the department for studies on transport, roads and their development, the direct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…d over the following four financial years by an amount equal to 90% of the allocation calculated in 2016 in the first year and decreasing by one tenth each year thereafter. The necessary sums are dedu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-8

…Article L. 5211-28 apply to the inter-municipality grant of the Greater Paris metropolitan area. In 2016 and 2017, the fiscal integration coefficient of the Greater Paris metropolis is equal to the hi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-2

…ts placed in reserve in application of I of article L. 3335-2 as it stood prior to the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020 are paid back into this fund. II.The first levy is equ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B octies

…us year in return for the reduction in the taxable fraction of revenue referred to in 2° of article 1467, as well as, as from tax assessments drawn up in respect of 2011, the difference between, on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…d six months ; 13° Complete, where applicable at their own expense, a citizenship training course ; 14° In the event of an offence committed either against his or her spouse, cohabitee or partner boun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…of Medicines and Health Products, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or Article 14(4) of the same Regulation, that the device it has placed on the market, put into service or made…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 1

…lised by the signature of the order form when the authorising officer has budgetary authority (PSE).14. Payment of legal fees 141. Common document Where applicable, decision of the deliberative assemb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Disciplinary procedure

Article R4441-27

…12Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-13Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-14Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-15Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-…

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