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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…cated a national identification number. This number is allocated by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in accordance with the allocation pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Application for release by the foreign national

Article L742-8

…754-3 may only be challenged before the administrative judge.The decision shall be made in accordance with the procedure provided for in articles L. 743-3, L. 743-4, L. 743-6 to L. 743-12, L. 743-18…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Exemption from traffic formalities

Article 458

…the budget made after consulting the Minister responsible for agriculture, grape, apple or pear juice, whether concentrated or not, when delivered in containers holding no more than 2 litres, or for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Readmission of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by France

Article R621-10

…is consulted by the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation who note…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: State assets transferred to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-45

…ided for in III of Article L. 4424-7 and to articles L. 4424-22, L. 4424-23, L. 4424-24 and L. 4424-25 of this code as well as articles L211-2 and L223-3 of the new Forestry Code are carried out free…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-2

…from a mixed syndicate or, where the syndicate's statutes allow, withdrawal of one or more competences transferred to a mixed syndicate, is carried out under the conditions set out in article L. 5211…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Financial provisions

Article L5842-7

I. - Articles L. 5211-21, L. 5211-23, L. 5211-25-1, L. 5211-26, L. 5211-27 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central level.

Article L8121-1

The central labour inspection authority provided for by Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection and Convention No. 129 of the International Labo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article R2512-27

Revenue and expenditure for the following local interest joint services:- institut médico-légal;- laboratoire central de la préfecture de police (excluding missions relating to mine clearance and the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

Any person carrying out the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 422-1 to 26 November 1990 may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 422-4, represent the persons mentioned…

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