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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe VII

…agriculture, fisheries and rural development.154-01 Action: support for rural areas and stakeholders.227 Programme: product enhancement, market guidance and regulation.227-01 Action: adapting sectors…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…d perform audit procedures that provide a basis for the auditor's opinion on the financial statements. 2. The purpose of this standard is to set out the principles for obtaining an understanding of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-26

…s and inconveniences: 1° Prohibiting or limiting certain uses, or making them subject to compliance with technical specifications; 2° Prohibiting or restricting the right to erect buildings or structu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

An employee with one of the following mandates benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation proc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…s, the grant of patents and all documents relating thereto, and the examination of oppositions;1° bis. The granting, on the advice of the Minister for Defence, of authorisations for the disclosure and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-162

…entioned in Article R. 1333-163. The obligation to provide financial guarantees remains in force notwithstanding any guarantee that may be provided for sealed radioactive sources in another Member Sta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

…ication at group level of own-fund items of related undertakings shall be carried out in accordance with the arrangements laid down in Article 331 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Local investment support grant

Article L2334-42

…stment is instituted in favour of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status in metropolitan France and in the local authorities governed by Article 73…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-5-1

…per assignment (expressed in units of value) Amount natural persons Amount associations To proceed with the reminder of the obligations resulting from the law in application of 1° of article 41-1 (1)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-154

…to examine options for preventing or reducing risks and, if necessary, to take appropriate measures. It defines pharmacovigilance guidelines, leads and coordinates the actions of the various parties…

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