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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article R224-32

The obligation set out in article

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

…e in a rescue operation or of injuries received in this operation, cited to the order of the Nation;9° Police officers and gendarmes who die in the performance of their mission or of injuries received…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 000Ib: Specific arrangements for presumption of income and flat-rate taxation based on lifestyle factors

Article 1649 quater-0 B bis

…he findings of fact made in the course of one of the procedures provided for in Articles 53,75 and 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and that the tax authorities are informed under the conditions p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2002-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-28

I. - Shall have access to all or, by reason of their attributions, part of the data mentioned in

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Investment services, services related to investment services and data communication services

Article D321-1

…orders relating to financial instruments or to one or more of the units referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code;2. The service of executing orders on behalf of third parties consists…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-7

…e Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé ;5° The elements mentioned in 9° of Article R. 1243-4.II. - The application specifies the nature of the amendment requested. It is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-2

…sponding to direct labour transferred to the investment section is excluded. For the application of 9°, expenditure corresponding to direct labour and charges transferred to the investment section are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-2

…d; 8° "Site" means any place where one or more installations belonging to one employer are located; 9° "Multi-employer pyrotechnic site" means any place to which access is regulated and monitored at a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-2

…person accused of one or more of the offences provided for in Articles 433-1,433-2,435-3,435-4,435-9,435-10,445-1,445-1-1,445-2and 445-2-1, in the penultimate paragraph of Article 434-9 and the secon…

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