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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-24

…not belong to his departments or to those of another competent authority mentioned in Article L. 612-23 to carry out his controls, the use of such persons shall be governed by a memorandum of underst…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ac: Record-keeping

Article 286 quater

…of the European Union and intended in that State for use under the conditions set out in a and b of III of Article 256. 2. Every taxable person shall keep a register of the goods he transfers or which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…etence as organising authorities for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, a communal share of the domestic tax on the final consumption of electricity mentioned in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-2

For the application of Section 4 of Chapter III of Book II of Title I, the attributions devolved to the departmental or pluridépartemental funds of mutualité sociale agricole are exercised by the soci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions, or establishing a medical diagnosis;2° The excipient(s). An excipient is any component of a medicinal product other than an active subst…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation and mediation

Article L3137-2

…tor under the conditions laid down by the provisions of Chapter I of Title VI of Book I and Chapter II of Title I of Book V of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

…en the person is accused of one of the offences provided for in the Highway Code or in the articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20-1,225-10-1,227-3 à 227-11,311-3,314-5,314-6,431-1,431-4and 434-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-270

…When a société anonyme à participation ouvrière falls into the situation referred to in Article L. 225-248, and its dissolution has not been declared, the Extraordinary General Meeting may decide, wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R2334-2

For the application of article L. 2334-4:1° The compensation allocations referred to in 1 of II of this article taken into account are those recorded on 15 February of the year of allocation in the ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-210

…des produits de santé and which includes :1° The name of the medicinal product and its composition ;2° A summary of the information relating to the product, the draft labelling and package leaflet;3°…

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