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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23-2

I.-Any breach of the laws, regulations or professional obligations applicable to the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 and to persons authorised to manage sales pursuant to the first p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-2

I.-The chairman of the grouping's medical commission has the following duties and responsibilities: 1° In conjunction with the chair of the strategic committee, he/she coordinates the development and…

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

Article R4127-215-2

Practitioners from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to practise the profession of dental surgeon in France under article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-24

For each judicial environmental officer, a request for authorisation is sent, on the proposal of the Director General of the French Biodiversity Office, to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-25

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located grants or refuses authorisa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-26

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located shall order the withdrawal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-21

All costs and risks relating to the custody, safekeeping and movement of the deposited funds and financial securities are borne by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. No custodian fees are payable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-20

The Director General of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations may issue, or have issued by the officers of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, fines against any person who, having an obligation t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits

Article L518-22

Amounts received by way of arrears, interest, dividends, redemption or negotiation proceeds and any other proceeds whatsoever from consigned financial securities do not entitle the Caisse des Dépôts e…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article R3133-28

Interest on arrears and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs shall be paid within forty-five days of payment of the principal.

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