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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-33

…the various codes concerned" of article L. 121-2 of the Highway Code, articles L. 130-4 (paragraph 8), L. 330-2 (paragraph 14) and L. 419-1 of this code and paragraphs 1,3,4,5,6 and 7 of Article 529-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent representative

Article D561-3-1

…erritory to a number of agents mentioned in Article L. 523-1 or persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8 equal to or greater than ten; 2° The cumulative volume of electronic money in circulation and rede…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R773-7

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R774-7

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R775-6

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between the Agency and the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies

Article R1413-44

…g available to the public studies produced by the Agency of interest to the Regional Health Agency; 8° Providing the Regional Health Agency with expertise in prevention and health promotion or logisti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

…Health pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1413-4 ; 7° The general organisation of the Agency; 8° The agency's internal regulations; 9° The general conditions of employment and recruitment of sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article R4452-1

…metres and 400 nanometres. The ultraviolet range is subdivided into UVA (315-400 nanometres), UVB (280-315 nanometres) and UVC (100-280 nanometres) radiation; b) Visible radiation: optical radiation w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-32

…sumption, Labour and Employment or to the authority that replaces him in application of articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29. IV -The employers also jointly draw up, for the multi-employer pyrotechnic si…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-12

…n the light of the information gathered throughout the audit on the entity and its business sector. 8. Where analytical procedures highlight information that does not correlate with other information…

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