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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-5

…respectively calculated pursuant to II and III of article L. 2336-3 and of II of l'article L. 2336-5.The deliberative body of the public establishment of inter-communal cooperation transmits the deli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-5

For the application of article R. 3115-1 to Wallis and Futuna, the words: "the provisions of articles L. 3115-1, L. 3116-3 and L. 3116-5" are replaced by the words: "the provisions of article L. 3115-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-5

…he event of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote. For each of the formations mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article R. 250-1, regardless of the number of members appointed, the Central Rates Office may…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-57

…ssessing the limits laid down in this section, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may take into account the financial instruments used by undertakings: a) In which, on the one hand,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-54

…mples held; 3° The origin of the samples and how they were obtained; 4° The sample preparation procedures; 5° The research project; 6° Depending on the cases provided for in Article L. 1211-2, details…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Public contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L2513-5

…racting authority to carry out the activity of a network operator which are subject to articles L. 2514-1 to L. 2514-4 or become so pursuant to article L. 2514-5.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and when the measures provided for in 1° to 4° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall verify…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-51

…ised judicial police officers, seized in the context of proceedings mentioned in 2° of Article 706-25-9 or notified in accordance with article R. 50-54, as well as the officers mentioned in 5° of arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-5

…he third, fifth, ninth and eleventh paragraphs of Article L. 1432-2; 4° Articles L. 1432-3, L. 1432-5 to L. 1432-7 and L. 1432-8 to L. 1432-12 ; 5° The last paragraph of Article L. 1434-6;6° The secon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 5121-50, each year the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes on its website the list of medicinal produc…

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