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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: La Poste

Article L518-25

…company and directly or indirectly acquires any shareholding in such institutions or companies. It may enter into any agreement with such institutions, companies or undertakings with a view to offeri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

…he case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, and 5% in other cases, each member commune may request the syndicate committee to amend the rules setting the terms and conditions for the dist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-29

…et by the Director and sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency no later than 1st January of the year to which they relate. The budget is accompanied by the documents mentioned in ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

…to be developed in accordance with the consumer's specifications. With the exception of articles L. 224-25-10 and L. 224-25-11, they also apply to the supply of digital content on a physical medium us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction between Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-27

…ion which avoids the negative consequences arising from the existence of such proceedings and which may, where appropriate, lead to criminal proceedings being continued in only one State.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-215

…uirements, the conditions for granting or monitoring the authorisation referred to in Articles R. 5121-212 and R. 5121-213, or where it appears, particularly following evaluation, that the benefit/ris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-22

…c on request from the legal entity benefiting from the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-26

…he date of theatrical release of the work concerned, after deduction of a lump sum corresponding to 25% of these receipts, exceed the amount of the final distribution expenses.No direct allocation may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-27

…nd to them by any means. This order is notified under the conditions provided for in article R. 249-22.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279 bis

…ave been subject to at least two of the prohibitions provided for in the article 14 of law no. 49-956 of 16 July 1949 on publications intended for young people ; 2° Pornographic theatrical performance…

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