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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-3

In order to pool resources, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may acquire assets that it shares with its member communes in accordance with the terms and c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-2

In addition to the powers transferred, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status, one or more of its member municipalities and, where applicable, one or more of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4-2

Failure by the facilities referred to in Article L. 6322-1 to keep the registers referred to in Article L. 5212-2-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-41

The surrender of the driving or hunting licence provided for in 4° and 5° of Article 41-2 implies an undertaking on the part of the person not to drive or hunt during the period their licence is surre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-44

When the proposal for a penal composition has been brought to the person's attention by a judicial police officer pursuant to the provisions of the sixteenth paragraph of Article 41-2, the written dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-45

Where the provisions of the fifteenth paragraph of Article 41-2, the report referred to in Article R. 15-33-40 or a separate record specifies the conditions under which the victim was informed, which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-43

When the penal composition occurs following an offence provided for in articles 222-19-1 or 222-20-1 of the Penal Code or to the articles L. 234-1 or L. 234-8 of the Highway Code or any other offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-40

The minutes provided for in the twenty-sixth paragraph of l'article 41-2 précise :the nature of the alleged offences and their legal classification;the nature and quantum of the measures proposed purs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-42

The performance of unpaid work provided for by 6° of article 41-2 consists in the performance of work for the benefit of either a legal person governed by public law, or a legal person governed by pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-4

The control officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall communicate their official reports relating to any of the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in 1° to 4° of article L. 8…

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