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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-13

Advance administrators pay expenditure under the same conditions as public accountants. Under the conditions laid down in the act constituting the imprest account, they may be authorised to issue paym…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-3

…specified times to a specific authority; 6° The obligation to avoid contact with specific persons ; 7° A prohibition on possessing or using specific objects that have been used by the convicted person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Notice.

Article R5141-78

…sation number; 6° The name or corporate name and address of the manufacturer of the medicated feed; 7° The animals of destination; 8° Where applicable, the withdrawal period, even if this is zero; 9°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-7

…rs of the national health data system and the data controllers and sets out their respective roles; 7° Specifies the terms and conditions for the application of 6° of I of Article L. 1461-1.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

I.-The undertakings mentioned in Article L. 351-7 are prohibited from making a distribution relating to one of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-7

Obstructing the duties of the agents mentioned in articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30 is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-6

Where a security interest has been granted, the judicial supervision order specifies that the person under investigation and, depending on the case, the provisional beneficiary, the Treasury or the ci…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-8

For the application of article L. 4232-1 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna islands, section E is composed of all pharmacists practising their profession in the overseas departments, Saint-Pier…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue.

Article R2331-1

…rtional to the number of kilowatt-hours produced from hydropower provided for in article L. 2331-2 (7°) is determined in accordance with the provisions of article 43 of the standard specifications app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article R3332-2

The proportional royalty per kilowatt-hour produced on hydropower is determined in accordance with the provisions adopted for the application of article 67 of law n° 53-79 of 7 February 1953 and relat…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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