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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 undecies

…ion on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, signed in Washington on 3 March 1973, and the European Union regulations adopted for its application, and the officials of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-1

The majority collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 or the document drawn up by the employer referred to in article L. 1233-24-4 shall be sent to the administrative authority for val…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5

I. - The regional or inter-regional council, under the supervision of the national council, carries out the tasks defined in article L. 4312-2 at regional level. It represents the profession in the re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-50

The purpose of the actuarial function referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 356-18 is, at group level, to coordinate the calculation of prudential technical provisions, to guarantee the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

Title III of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1231-1 A, L. 1233-3, L. 1233-4, L. 1234-3-1, L. 1234-4, L. 1235-1, with the exc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-52

The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation: 1° If the creditor has not, within seven days of acceptance of the credit agreement by the borrower, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional health plan

Article R1434-5

Once the diagnosis referred to in article R. 1434-4 has been completed, the regional health agency will draw up a regional health plan in line with the strategic policy framework and the provisions of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

…gether in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each of them. This option may only be exercised once. This option may be exercised only once. In the absence of a joint declar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-54

…human consumption are composed of constituents authorised under the conditions laid down in article 11 of decree no. 73-138 of 12 February 1973 implementing the law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and falsi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-5

No expenditure incurred on behalf of the local authority may be paid unless it has first been authorised by the local authority's chairman against a duly appropriated credit line..

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