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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-4

All money orders must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by Decree No. 65-97 of 4 February 1965, as amended, on the methods and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts

Article D4342-4

All authorisations must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure in accordance with the conditions set out in the decree no. 65-97 of 4 February 1965, as amended, r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Availability of spare parts for medical equipment

Article D224-41

The medical devices listed in this section are medical devices within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Water production, distribution and conditioning installations, sharing of responsibilities

Article R1321-44

…with the quality limits set by the order mentioned in article R. 1321-2, take all appropriate technical measures to modify the nature or property of the waters before they are supplied.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to non-trading private legal entities with an economic activity.

Article R612-4

…inistration distinct from the body responsible for management, or articles R. 234-5 et seq in other cases. For the application of these two provisions, the president of the competent court is that of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-4

Establishments have clearances such as doors, corridors, passageways, staircases and ramps, distributed in such a way as to allow rapid evacuation of all occupants in conditions of maximum safety. The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-45

…anies shall publish once a year, in an appendix to their annual financial statements or, where applicable, to their consolidated annual financial statements or in their management report, information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-4

…mer Code; c) One member representing associations active in the field of health quality and patient care approved at national level, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1114-1 of this Code…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-5

…ticle L. 211-4, the performer may notify his intention to terminate the authorisation given in application of article L. 212-3 to a phonogram producer where the latter does not offer for sale copies o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-5

For the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the offence provided for in article 431-10 of the Criminal Code, the judicial police officers mentioned in 2° to 4° of the article 16 of this code and…

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