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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Specific litigation procedure

Article L732-8

…ion to place a person under house arrest taken pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° or 5° of article L. 731-1 may be challenged before the president of the administrative court within forty-eight hours of notif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

…le L. 2511-25, les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and Article 36 of Law no. 82-1169 of 31 December 1982 relating to the administrative organisation of Paris, Marseille, Lyo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special schemes for trade and industry

Article 699

…at the exchange deed expressly states that it is made under the benefit of the provisions of decree no. 54-944 of 14 September 1954.In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 143-1, L. 143-8 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4421-2

The collectivité de Corse is substituted for the collectivité territoriale de Corse instituted by the Loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse et aux départ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-33-1

…nt the supervision exercised by the competent authorities of each State concerned and, to this end, may enter into a bilateral agreement with them, under the conditions set out in Article L. 632-13. F…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article Annexe art A230-7

…insured by it for a period of forty-eight hours from......, at....... hour, under insurance policy no. ......, taken out by....... This contract covers, under the minimum conditions set out in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-1

…des produits de santé. This authorisation is issued for a period of five years. It is renewable and may be modified, suspended or withdrawn. A Conseil d'Etat decree sets the conditions for issuing, am…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-25

…rised issuer does not comply with the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 1271-13, authorisation may be suspended or withdrawn by decision of the Minister responsible for personal services, after o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff of hospital foundations

Article R6141-64

The staff of hospital foundations may be : 1° Civil servants working for a public legal entity mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants a…

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