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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedures for the exercise of judicial police functions by authorised judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-31

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-21 to R. 15-33-24 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised judicial environmental officers.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

…parent is located in the European Union. Articles L. 356-7-1 to L. 356-10-1 and I of Article L. 356-21 apply to cooperation with the supervisory authorities of third countries.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-25

…the member concerned. The decision to remove an entity from the list provided for in Article R. 512-21 may be referred within two months by the entity concerned or, where applicable, by the federation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: The State representative

Article L4422-38

…represents each of the ministers and directs the State services under the conditions set by article 21-1 of loi n° 72-619 du 5 juillet 1972 portant création et organisation des régions. The State repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…2016-1537 of 16 November 2016 and no. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with the exception of articles R. 2141-3, R. 2141-4, R. 2141-7, R. 2141-12, R. 2141-13, R. 2141-21, R. 2141-22, R. 2141-33 to R. 2141-…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax.

Article L422-4

Article L. 5211-21 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales sets out the rules governing tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax for public inter-municipal cooperation bodies that are classif…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to personal recovery without compulsory liquidation and to personal recovery with compulsory liquidation

Article L743-1

Debts written off pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 741-2, L. 741-6, L. 741-7 and L. 742-21 valid for regularisation of incidents within the meaning of article L. 131-73 of the Monetary and Fi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of information

Article D217-3

Any commercial guarantee contract referred to in article L. 217-21 entered into in connection with the sale of a good shall include a box in accordance with the model shown in the appendix to article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAYOTTE

Article L3523-1

…ns taken by the Department of Mayotte pursuant to Article L. 4433-15-1 of this Code and Articles 68-21 and 68-22 of the Mining Code are subject to the provisions of Article L. 3131-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6431-29

…e meetings as well as the documents sent to the territorial councillors pursuant to article LO 6431-21.

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