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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-21

…the provisions of this Code...; 8° To represent the municipality either as plaintiff or defendant; 9° To take, in the absence of the owners or holders of hunting rights, duly invited to do so, all me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…weapons and property related to nuclear materials provided for by 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1333-9 and articles L. 1333-11, L. 1333-13-1 à L. 1333-13-6 and L. 1333-14 of the Defence Code; 2° Offenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

…nder the law of the issuing State, within one of the categories of offences referred to in Article 694-32 and is punishable there by a custodial sentence of three years' imprisonment or more ; 6° A fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

…n to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the same code. The ban referred to in 2° of article 131-39 of the same code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-4

…listed in section C; 8° Two elected pairs of pharmacists registered on the register of section D ; 9° One elected pair of pharmacists registered on the roll of one of the sections of the Order and re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article Annexe R344-7

…2 LEVEL 88 DIVISIONS considered DIVISION HEADINGS 1 01-03 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 2 05-09 Mining and quarrying 35 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 36-39 Production and d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17 Ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-8

…the facts put forward can be dealt with by the Minister for the Economy pursuant to Article L. 464-9.It may also reject the referral under the same conditions, when it is informed that another nation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article R212-2

…t subject to conditions or procedures that are more stringent for the consumer than for the trader; 9° Unjustifiably limiting the means of proof available to the consumer; 10° Eliminating or hindering…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R152-2

…pe ; 5° References to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and…

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