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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-137

…subject of a marketing authorisation granted by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-13

…or the Protection of Individuals examines an application for a substantial amendment, the Committee may provide the competent authority with ethically-related comments on elements falling under Part I…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-13

…debit forms signed on bank accounts containing clauses contrary to the provisions of article L. 312-25 and, for an affected credit agreement, those of article L. 312-50 is punishable by a fine of 300,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-13

…iture corresponding to the second portion of the special allocation provided for in article L. 2334-27. These operations are recorded in a budget annexed to the main budget of the Centre national de l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L752-13

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 321-1 and L. 321-2 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 321-3 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L753-13

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 321-1 and L. 321-2 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 321-3 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article D591-13

Articles D. 521-12, D. 531-1, D. 551-16 to D. 551-20, D. 551-22, D. 553-1 to D. 553-28, D. 554-1 and D. 581-7 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Promotion

Article R113-13

…f service and step reached in order to be eligible for promotion to a higher grade, assessed on 1st January of the year in which the promotion table is drawn up, are set for each category as follows:…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2361-13

The purchaser defines its needs and requirements in the contract notice or in another consultation document.The arrangements for the dialogue, the award criteria and an indicative timetable are specif…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-66

…as well as all decisions to extend, modify or release measures already ordered and recognised. It may obtain or have obtained any additional information it deems useful. Where the certificate referr…

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