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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

…ial affairs to the department of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and in article 22 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte.The Director General of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…es . The amount of the budgets calculated in this way may not be less than €1,500,000 or more than €20,000,000. For the application of this 1°:the population of communes is that defined in article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

…stem of individualised working hours (32) (I); Number of employees employed part-time (I): -between 20 and 30 hours (33); -other forms of part-time work; Number of employees having benefited throughou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…paper and cigarette-rolling paper free of charge in disregard of the provisions of article L. 3512-20 requiring neutrality and uniformity of packaging units, outer packaging and overwrapping;8° Using…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 2123-5D…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-18

The report on the solvency and financial situation referred to in Article L. 385-7 is approved by the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board. It contains the following information, either in full…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-27

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-4, contributions to the guarantee fund are assessed and collected as follows:1° (repealed)2° (repealed)3° The contribution from insurance compan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Id : Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article R321-10

I. - Collective management organisations shall monitor the use of rights by online service providers to whom they have granted authorisations for the multi-territorial exploitation of online rights in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-12

The payment service provider of the payee shall apply effective risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carr…

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