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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-1

…ence, the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions provided for in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of €200. The amount o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15-1

…an Economic Area ; 2° To the authorities, departments and persons mentioned in II of Article L. 612-17 when the information relates to a credit institution.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-1

…cial security. Medicinal products on the list provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code may not be sold to the public at a price higher than the retail price…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-44

…shall include an assessment of the application of article L. 321-3 and articles R. 321-10 to R. 321-17, information on the number and nature of decisions made on the basis of article L. 321-23-2, a st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

…hich access to bodies is authorised under the conditions set out in articles R. 1261-16 and R. 1261-17.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-29

…mune of the place of deposit, after verification that the formalities prescribed by article R. 2213-17 and by the articles 78 et seq. of the Civil Code have been fulfilled.The deposit provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…366 of 31 March 2015 L. 1621-2 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 1621-3La loi n° 2021-771 du 17 juin 2021 ratifiant les ordonnances n° 2021-45 du 20 janvier 2021 et n° 2021-71 du 27 janvier 202…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

…on of those provided for in Article L. 612-14, the first paragraph of Articles L. 612-15 and L. 612-17 and articles L. 613-23 to L. 613-23-6. They are also applied to supplementary protection certific…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-23

…articles L. 115-17 to L. 115-21 and the amount of the increases and interest fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-16-3

…jections is forwarded to the chairman of the Enforcement Committee. Articles R. 232-90-1 and R. 241-17 to R. 241-24 are then applied. The Agency informs the interested party that he is invited to pres…

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