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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…llowing are authorised to investigate and record infringements of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, of this Title and of those adopted for their application:1° Inspectors f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sales.

Article 251

…s prohibited, with the exception of the suspension of the francisation referred to in article L. 5112-1-7 of the French Transport Code.2. If this operation is also committed with the intention of viol…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 208

…inside the line of the customs offices and brigades closest to the foreign country, animals in the categories designated by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-22

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that in respect of which the apprenticeship tax is due, the representative of the State in the region shall publish the list, communicated by the Presid…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration of rights in immovable property

Article 2521

…tion of which is provided for by the provisions of this code, other codes or civil legislation applicable to Mayotte, the following are registered in the land register, for the purposes of opposabilit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph, the provisions of Article L. 5124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 216

…its and briefs, the reading of the report, the submissions of the public prosecutor and, where applicable, the hearing of the parties or their lawyers.The chamber shall order the perpetrator of the of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2369

Reserved ownership of a fungible asset may be exercised, up to the amount of the outstanding claim, over assets of the same nature and quality held by the debtor or on his behalf.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Payment Security Observatory

Article R142-25

…ho contribute to its work are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-20

…4453-16, when the preventive measures and means put in place by the employer under Article R. 4453-13 do not enable exposure to be kept below the exposure limit values relating to sensory effects and…

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