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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-3

Constituted as a disciplinary chamber, the regional council is chaired by a serving or honorary member of the body of councillors of the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal appoi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-2

I. - The following offences are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, offering, transferring, acquiring, possessing, using i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-13

The authorisation referred to in article L. 1121-13 is issued after an investigation by a public health medical inspector or a regional health agency inspector qualified as a medical doctor and, where…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-1-2

With a view to the elections organised in application of article L. 723-11, the electoral roll commission mentioned in article L. 713-14 meets when convened by its chairman in order to examine the app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-14

…600 kg per day and whose discharges occur in a sensitive area defined in articles 6 and 7 of decree no. 94-469 of 3 June 1994, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is more stringent treatment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-5

In application of the first paragraph of article L. 822-1-2, natural persons who, for a period of at least fifteen years, have been engaged in a public or private activity that has enabled them to acq…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-2

…t promoting the principles of the contract of republican commitment mentioned inarticle 10-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-1-1

Where cash, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-50

The seller or service provider may not receive any payment from the purchaser in any form whatsoever, nor any deposit, in addition to the part of the price that the purchaser has agreed to pay in cash…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-58

The chairmanship of the board of directors or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions of a credit institution or finance company may not be exercised by the chief executive or by a…

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