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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-27

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 6122-1 is granted by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The Director General keeps an up-to-date list of authorisations for all the care ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies

Article L512-93

…vident institution, the local authorities and, under the conditions defined by article 3 bis of law n° 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the other natural persons or legal ent…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

I.-Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-18

Under the delegation of powers granted to them, the delegating federations and, where applicable, the professional leagues that they have set up ensure that the contracts referred to in articles L. 22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-43

The public prosecutor who registers the person in the file pursuant to 1° to 4° of article 706-25-4, or the examining magistrate pursuant to 5° of article 706-25-4, shall at the same time register the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may suspend the testing, manufacture, preparation, import, use, export, wholesale distribution, packaging…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-5

I.-The retail supply, whether free of charge or for consideration, of:1° Medicated feedingstuffs as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018;2° Veterinary medicinal pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-61

Consent to the execution of a will or gift between spouses (number 6 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, if the consent is equivalent t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 125-17, the grouping or company may not proceed with the installation of a new successful bidder unless the former holder of the shares o…

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