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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article R50-29

For the application of Article 706-24, there is kept, at the General Prosecutor's Office of the Paris Court of Appeal, a listed and initialled register in which are recorded the authorisations to iden…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-21

Within the meaning of Article L. 515-38, the risk assessment methods used by a credit institution, finance company or insurance company included in the scope of consolidation of the housing finance co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article R450-2

The order referred to in article L. 450-4 includes the channels and time limits for appeal available to the occupier of the premises or his representative. The reports provided for in article L. 450-4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-27

…mmerce and industry shall make new appointments under the conditions provided for in Article R. 711-25. If an interconsular grouping is created in the period between two five-yearly consular elections…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-26

…he information they deem necessary. The reports referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 612-27 shall state the nature, date and location of the observations made. They are signed by the pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-21

…g will, as part of the registration process, register the pharmacist in accordance with article L. 4221-16 on the basis of the diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications presented…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4234-29

…en heard. The decision shall state that the hearing was public unless the provisions of article R. 4234-25 were applied. In the latter case, it is stated that the hearing took place or continued witho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-212

…t du travail under the conditions provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article R. 533-29 of the Environment Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Mutual pharmacies

Article R5125-25

…failing which it will be disregarded. The management of the pharmacies referred to in article L. 5125-19 is entrusted to a pharmacist who has no other professional activity. In the event of a merger…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

I. - 1. The low-income housing bodies mentioned in Article L. 411-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation, with the exception of sociétés anonymes coopératives d'intérêt collectif pour l'acces…

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