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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

…exception of those which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R2122-21

…y, this appeal must be lodged within twenty-one days of the date mentioned in 1° of article R. 2122-19, either by post or by electronic means. If this appeal is made by electronic means, it is sent vi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligibility

Article R5132-1-6

…person is declared to the State services by means of the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19 by a prescriber or a structure for integration through economic activity and notified by any mean…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

…THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Article L. 2223-3 Act no. 2016-1048 of 1 August 2016 L. 2223-4, with the exception of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…xception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 123-236, R. 127-1 to R. 134-17, R. 143-23, R. 145-9 to D. 145-19, R. 145-22 to D.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-11

…ment institution to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with III of article L. 522-19, is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-20

The register provided for in article R. 4223-19 and the inspection reports may be kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 8113-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-1

Communes and syndicates of communes may directly operate services of public interest of an industrial or commercial nature. Operations likely to be managed by private companies, either by application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3833-1

…ect to the provisions of Articles L. 3833-2 and L. 3833-3 in their wording resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for the justice system.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…d for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles…

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