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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-9

The chairman of the joint conciliation commission provided for in Article L. 615-21 is appointed for a renewable period of three years, by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Recognition of the professional qualifications of nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L2223-48

…nstrate:1° Professional experience, as a manager within the meaning of Article 3. 1. i of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of p…

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

Article L4331-2-1

…h region and to the territorial collectivity of Corsica, pursuant to I of Article 52 of Finance Act no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 and I of l'article 40 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décemb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-5

…e European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who: 1° On 1 June 2017, provides evidence of practice in a structure equivalent to an in-house-use pharmacy in on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

…fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-23

…er. This decree specifies the conditions under which the expert opinion provided for by article 712-21 may not be ordered, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, either because of the existence…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6-1

…e Local Finance Committee to the urban equalisation grant. For the application of this provision in 2005 and 2006, the amounts received in 2004 in respect of the equalisation allowance provided for in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting payment periods

Article R3133-11

…vice; 2° Sixty days for public undertakings within the meaning of II of Article 1 of the Order of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC of 25 June 1980 on the transparency of financial relation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5

…cle L. 5123-6 ; 3° Under a progressive early retirement agreement entered into prior to 1st January 2005; 4° As part of any other early retirement benefit defined prior to the date of publication of l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-3

Failure to comply with the filing obligations set out in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23 is punishable by the fine provided for in article 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences. In the eve…

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