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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

1. In the area between the land border of the customs territory and a line situated two kilometres inside the line of the customs offices and brigades closest to the foreign country, animals in the ca…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 229-1

In the event of serious professional misconduct or a serious breach of honour or probity by one of the persons mentioned in article 224 affecting the person's ability to carry out judicial police duti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…code, other codes or civil legislation applicable to Mayotte, the following are registered in the land register, for the purposes of opposability to third parties: 1° The following rights in rem in i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-214

Dental surgeons have a duty to maintain and improve their knowledge, in particular by participating in continuing education activities.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2494

Article 2493 is applicable under the conditions set out in Article 17-2. However, articles 21-7 and 21-11 are applicable to a child born in Mayotte to foreign parents before the entry into force of th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-21

The contract includes stipulations on the penalties incurred as a result of failure to comply with the time limit mentioned in article R. 2192-19 or the obligation provided for in article R. 2192-20,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-20

The project manager or the service provider authorised to receive requests for payment must indicate the date of receipt or submission of the creditor's request for payment in the statement that he se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-26

In the presence of the interested parties, tracing, gauging and any other investigations deemed useful to establish the influence of the work that gave rise to the request for prohibition on the hydro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-23

…ph of article L. 1322-4 to carry out a borehole or underground work within the protection perimeter and the application to occupy a plot of land provided for in article L. 1322-10 are sent to the Pref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-27

…1322-6, the suspension of drilling or underground work undertaken outside the protection perimeter and which he indicates is likely to alter or reduce the flow of the spring.If the Prefect remains si…

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