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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…nce with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746;2° For which the CE marking provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 has been improperly affixed;3° In the absence of a valid certificate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

…321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, the person responsible for producing or distributing water is required to implement ongoing moni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-21

The information and data provided for in articles R. 444-18 to R. 444-20 are collected from the professionals mentioned in article L. 444-1 by the national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-44

…mitments, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. II. - The collège de résolution may waive the minimum requirement referred to in I: 1° Housing finance companies ; 2° Sociétés de cr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…he disciplinary bodies, including their chairman, are appointed by ..... (2).The duties of a member may only be terminated during his term of office in the event of:1° A definitive impediment recorded…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…under the authority of the minister responsible for agriculture, governed by decree no. 95-621 of 6 May 1995 .-contractual teaching and research assistants in public higher education establishments un…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…being destroyed or serious harm to persons or property, the operations mentioned in Article 230-32 may be set up or prescribed by a judicial police officer. The latter shall immediately inform, by an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-39

…Article L. 511-16, the first presentation took place on the last day of the time limit, the protest may still be drawn up on the following day. The protest for non-payment of a bill of exchange payabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-10

…e it does not carry out the verification itself, the competent authority that submitted the request may, if it so wishes, be involved.II. - When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-191

I. - With the exception of the cases mentioned in II and III, deeds carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction (numbers 1, 2 and 3 of Table 6) give…

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