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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3

…o prepare, store, distribute or transfer these products must be authorised, pursuant to Article L. 1243-2, to carry out these storage and distribution activities under the conditions provided for in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731

1. Gives rise to the application of a 5% surcharge for any delay in the payment of sums that must be paid to the tax administration accountants in respect of taxes other than those mentioned in Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations to declare accounts in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R721-11

In Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, credit institutions shall declare the opening, closure or modification of accounts on which cheques may be drawn and the opening, closur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-6

A Contracts Advisory Committee, set up within the National Council, is responsible for issuing an opinion on bids submitted by candidates in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 4122-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Elections and operation of regional and inter-regional councils.

Article R4124-1-1

…d panel called upon to deliberate in the cases provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 4124-11. For the ordre des médecins, this restricted panel is composed of between seven and fifteen me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4122-2

…t decides to delegate the examination of the hierarchical appeals referred to in II of article L. 4124-11 to a restricted formation, the National Council shall elect the members of this formation from…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

…ot in application of the third paragraph of article 20 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, are set by decision of the Board of Directors after consulting the Social Committee of the Boa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R784-6

…lumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-13…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete document drawn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-11

…nicipal cooperation, on the other hand, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 1424-24-3, each mayor and each chairman of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation has,…

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