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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-28

…compulsory by law; 2° The attestations and certificates mentioned in II of Article 51 of Decree no. 2016-360 of 25 March 2016 on public contracts proving that it has fulfilled its tax and social secur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-45

Failure to receive the annual activity report from the approved person or body referred to in article R. 3115-43, or the sending of an incomplete annual report within seven days of 1st March of the fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary action

Article R4443-1-2

…n in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, article R. 4234-1 in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022 reads as follows: Complaints and requests from the persons mentioned in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-91

…doctors who have been awarded a specialist qualification under the conditions set out in decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition or use of substances or preparations, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single C…

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

Article D6211-22

The reference medical biology laboratory draws up an annual report on its activities. This report includes an assessment of the changes observed and those that are desirable. It includes a list of pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-9

…), request can be copied in electronic format. Price per number requested, with a minimum charge of 20 numbers From 2 to 20 issues: €10.60 Over 20:€0.53 per issue From 2 to 20 issues: €16 Over 20: €0.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…y information document or the specific information document provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-10

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 451-1-1 Ordinance no. 2015-1576 of 3 December 2015 L. 451-1-2 Law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 451-1-3 law no. 200…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market transparency

Article L762-10

…olumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 451-1-1 Ordinance no. 2015-1576 of 3 December 2015 L. 451-1-2 Law no. 2014-1662 of 30 December 2014 L. 451-1-3 law no. 200…

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