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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Restricted formation (R).

Article R5211-30

The order referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 5211-19 also states, in accordance with the distribution rules laid down in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45, the number of members…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-13

For the application of Articles L. 6211-19, L. 6222-2, L. 6222-3 and L. 6223-4, the total number of medical biology examinations is obtained, for each laboratory, by adding together the number of unit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-18

…l biology tests or for specific pathologies, within the meaning of paragraph III of Article L. 6211-19, is a medical biology laboratory which, designated under the conditions defined in Article D. 621…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter B

…system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-5

…category subject to the clearing obligation in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on over-the-counter derivatives, central counterp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

…r products that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in particular on t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-3

…ishment of criminal offences. II.-As from its first meeting following its renewal after 1st January 2012, the local authority shall lay down, subject to the same proviso as in I, the rules applicable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-2

…he foreigner's entry into the territory of the States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, and in the event that the hosted foreigner does not provide this, the costs of the for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20

…t of a full adoption is determined according to the distinctions established in articles 18 et 18-1,19-1,19-3 and 19-4 above. However, the establishment of French nationality subsequent to birth does…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-1-1

…rawn up in application of the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, or any other subsequent agreement with the same purpose that replaces it. It is pub…

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