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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1

…re applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2016-966 of 15 July 2016. Article L. 5121-1-2 is applicable in Wallis and Futuna in the version…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

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

Article 59 sexies

In accordance with articles L. 114-16-1 to L. 114-16-3 of the Social Security Code, customs officers are authorised to communicate and receive any documents or information useful in combating social s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-2-6

…red to in articles R. 15-2-4 and R. 15-2-5 may be appealed under the conditions set out in Articles 16-1 à 16-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-6-6

…red to in articles R. 15-6-4 and R. 15-6-5 may be appealed under the conditions set out in Articles 16-1 à 16-3.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: ASYLUM AT THE BORDER

Article R351-3

…s and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16. However, if necessary and by way of derogation from article R. 531-15, the personal interview ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-1

…n 2023, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is equal to that distributed in 2022. In 2023, this amount is reduced by the amount corresponding to the reductions in allocations t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L785-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A and 3°, 5° and 9° to 11…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-17

The oral examinations are held in open session. They are marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is assigned a coefficient of 2.Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average obtained…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article L511-24

…y out checks on goods originating in or coming from the third countries mentioned in article L. 511-16 under the conditions defined in articles L. 511-16 and L. 511-18.

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