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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4231-8-1

Where Article L. 4231-8, the decision of the Regional Council or the Permanent Commission instructing the President of the Regional Council to award a specific contract or framework agreement may be t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8-1

The operator of a public land transport service mentioned in article 529-3 who intends to have his agents approved to carry out the identity records provided for in II of Article 529-4, must: I.-Provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-8

…r in execution of the President's instructions. With the exception of the contribution mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II of Article L. 821-6-1, the recove…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-3

Pharmacy pharmacies and pharmacies for internal use providing onward dispensing of medicinal products provide each patient undergoing self-treatment and each user of self-tests using perforating medic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-30

If the liberty and custody judge fails to rule within the time limit set in Article R. 53-8-29 or if his request is not granted, the interested party may, within a period of ten days, refer the matter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-8

…in 1° of I of Article L. 613-55, the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-13 or in 4 of Article L. 532-2, after deliberation by their board of directors, their supervisory board or any other body exerc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-1

…riptions for ocular contact lenses that are less than: 1° One year old, for patients aged under 16; 2° Three years old, for patients aged 16 and over. II.-For the renewal of equipment, the orthoptist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-8

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require Class 2 investment firms and the firms referred to in Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 to publish, more than once a year, wit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article R613-44-8

The period referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 613-23-2 shall be four months. The date of the end of the investigation phase referred to in the same paragraph is notified without delay to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8-1

Examination committees, which may include the specialist examiners referred to in article A. 822-8, present to the selection board, under whose authority they are placed, proposals for marking candida…

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