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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures.

Article R5141-47-5

…de l'environnement et du travail or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5141-47-2, the Director General of the Agency notifies the States concerned and the holder of the agre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures.

Article R5141-47-8

Articles R. 5141-47-1 to R. 5141-47-5 are applicable to homeopathic veterinary medicinal products subject to the registration referred to in article L. 5141-9. This sub-section does not apply to homeo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-4

…he tariffs for the services mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 162-22-10 or 1° of Article L. 162-23-4 of the Social Security Code, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will ask the direc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…unds made by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to IIa of Article L. 511-41-3 and the cushions mentioned in II of Article L. 511-41-A, or of the regulatory provisions adopte…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-27

…for script rewriting in the form of a residency grant under the conditions set out in sub-section 2;4° The reading committee or commission may defer its opinion and propose that the project be reworke…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24

…ed fine, they send their reasoned request to the competent public accountant. In this case, article 495-20 is not applicable. If the competent public accountant considers the request to be justified,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-4

…article L. 2333-87; 3° Le produit des péages communaux, des droits de pesage, mesurage et jaugeage; 4° Le produit de la redevance d'usage des abattoirs publics prévue par l'article L. 2333-1; 5° Le pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…test, in the form of a practical case, on accounting and auditing, lasting five hours (coefficient 4); 2° A written test, comprising the study of a case or practical situations that may be supplement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-4

…his payment is made:1 Either, when the offence is observed, into the hands of an agent mentioned in 4° or in 5° of I of Article L. 2241-1 of the Transport Code;2 Or, within a period of three months fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV bis: The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article D7124-40

…ary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations, referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 7124-12.

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