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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-1

Subject to articles L. 3114-5 and L. 3114-7, a decree, issued after consultation with the Haut Conseil de la santé publique, the Conseil national de la protection de la nature and the Conseil national…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences concerning cinema and video exhibition receipts

Article L441-1

Unless one or more of the administrative sanctions provided for in 2° to 7° of article L. 422-1 in the event of failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 212-32 and the provisions of article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-26

…arried out, at the applicant's expense, under the conditions set out in articles R. 241-4 to R. 241-7. The analysis report is sent by the laboratory to the federation concerned and to the French Anti-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

…ks contracts, without it being necessary to check whether the conditions set out in article R. 2194-7 are met. The provisions of article R. 2194-4 are applicable to the modification provided for in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article L822-3

…ode may not exceed the amount of the criminal penalties provided for in articles L. 8256-2, L. 8256-7 and L. 8256-8 of the same code or, if the employer falls within the scope of these articles, the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Monetary signs

Article L721-6

…CFP francs and are made according to the following rounding rules:1° Amounts ending in 1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5;2° Amounts ending in 3, 4, 8 and 9 are rounded up to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the appointment and training of citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article R653-2

For the application of Article L. 653-7, the matter shall be referred to the court, as the case may be, by summons or in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631-4. The…

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

Article R2221-31

…He is subject to all the obligations incumbent on public accountants under decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management. The accounting officer is pl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-15

…made, where applicable in compliance with the conditions defined in application of article R. 2511-7.

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