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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-75

In the event of non-compliance with the obligations set out in article L. 5124-20 and in this chapter, which may be identified following an inspection, the Director General of the Agency may prohibit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485-1

…sons must also cover the choice of sentence with regard to the provisions of articles 132-1 and 132-20 of the Penal Code, except in the case of a mandatory sentence or confiscation of the proceeds or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

…under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayor is replaced by one of his or h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to declare goods in detail, customs representatives.

Article 86

…a customs representative may provide his services pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Union Customs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-5

The conditions set out in Chapters II, IV and V of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 are applicable to the provision of the services mentioned in Article L. 547-4, provided that the project…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-16

…nating voters falling within the activities defined in the appendix to decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 relating to craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector. It also sends a questionnair…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for companies

Article R624-17

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 622-20, the mandataire judiciaire shall give formal notice to the defaulting member or shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-11

…a minimum, by lines of business as defined in Article 55 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic invoicing standard

Article D2192-1

…nvoicing standard referred to in Article L. 2192-3 is that set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of the European standard on electro…

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