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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multi-annual protocol referred to in I of Article L. 6147-11

Article R6147-140

I.-The protocol referred to in I of article L. 6147-11 is implemented for a period of five years and tacitly renewed for the same period, unless an amendment is concluded no later than six months befo…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705

…ocedures; 6° Laundering of the offences mentioned in 1° to 5° of this article and related offences; 7° Offences of criminal conspiracy provided for in Article 450-1 of the Criminal Code, when their pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

Conditional release aims to reintegrate convicts and prevent re-offending.Conditional release may be granted to convicts who have to serve one or more custodial sentences if they demonstrate serious e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 795

…r manuscripts, intended to feature in a public collection, or to the upkeep of a public collection ;7° Gifts and bequests made to low-cost housing organisations or their unions;8° (Expired);9° Gifts a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…on the register of section C or section E in the case of establishments referred to in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 9°, 10° and 13° of article R. 5142-1. 5142-1 and on the register of section C or section E i…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-5

The mayor presents to the municipal council or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents to its deliberative assembly an annual report on the price and quality…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L621-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), an independent public authority, ensures the protection of savings invested in financial instruments, the units referred to inArticle L. 229-7 of the Environ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…ertain people present disorders or symptoms of an illness related to the use of the water supplied; 7° Evidence has shown that a substance, a figurative element or a micro-organism, for which no quali…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-1

…nt for the practice of the profession of commercial court clerk by order of the Minister of Justice;7° Have been successful in the competitive examination for admission to the profession of commercial…

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