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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-27

…is establishes that the sample does not comply with the regulations, the holder is informed that he can have a counter-analysis carried out, at his own expense, by a laboratory offering guarantees of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-26

…third parties. When the inter-professional minimum growth wage has increased at least twice in application of articles L. 3231-5, L. 3231-6 to L. 3231-9 or L. 3231-10 during the twelve months precedin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Expenditure the allocation and payment of which may be entrusted to a body with a public accounting officer

Article D1611-26-1

In application of the fifth paragraph of II of article L. 1611-7, local authorities and their public establishments may entrust a body with a public accountant with the allocation and payment of expen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L775-13

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-26

A substantial modification in the objectives or means of the plan may only be decided by the court, at the request of the debtor and on the report of the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. Where the d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-2

…a secure electronic device is drawn up in accordance with the provisions of this article. I.-In the case of an offence that does not result in the loss of points, the offender signs a screen page on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

Where, following a request for extradition from the French Government, the person has already been surrendered and where, in the absence of a waiver of the principle of speciality by the person or by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Holders of the State diploma in psychiatric nursing.

Article D4311-26

…psychiatric nursing diploma ; 2° Curriculum vitae, enclosing a list of the departments in which the candidate has worked and the nature of the duties performed; this list must be certified as accurate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article D1333-6-4

The categories of substances that may benefit from the exemptions resulting from the application of articles R. 1333-6-1 to R. 1333-6-3 are as follows: -Metallic substances which, prior to their use i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-26

Pending the results of the necessary checks, authorised agents may consign:1° Products likely to be adulterated, corrupted or toxic;2° Products likely to be unfit for consumption, with the exception o…

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