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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-4

…ontribute to achieving the objectives provided for in the second to fourth paragraphs of Article L. 4433-7 as well as the rules, measures and conditions laid down by the individualised chapters provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-40

A nurse who performs professional acts in France under the conditions provided for in article L. 4311-22 shall be subject to the disciplinary chamber of first instance in whose jurisdiction he or she…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of reactovigilance

Article R5222-4

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall carry out his duties relating to reactovigilance under the conditions defined in Article R. 5311-2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

…meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or institutions within the meaning of Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 241/2014 of the European Commission which are linked t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-4

…One of this Code; 2° References made, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds

Article L722-4

…ed in Chapter I of Title I of Book II, as well as to a cash account specifically associated with it;4° Transfers of funds using means of payment that are accepted, for the acquisition of goods or serv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4

…resentative under the conditions set out in articles L. 2131-1, L. 2131-2, L. 3131-1, L. 3131-2, L. 4141-1 and L. 4141-2. The articles L. 2131-6, L. 3132-1and L. 4142-1 are applicable to this agreemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article L546-4

I. - Breaches of the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 546-3, are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €6,000 or one of these two penalties only. Any person w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

…specifically authorised for this purpose by the Agence de la biomédecine instituted in article L. 1418-1. In the event of an embryo being diagnosed with the anomaly or anomalies responsible for one o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 764-44

I.-The penalty provided for in Article 131-39-2 of the Penal Code shall be carried out under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor. The French Anti-Corruption Agency shall report to the Public Pros…

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