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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Application of European regulations

Article D722-9

The provisions of EU Regulation No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for setting up and running health centres

Article D6323-12

Each year, before 1 March, the managing bodies of the health centres send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the information referred to in Article L. 6323-1-13 relating to the previou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-2

The opening and operation of any establishment manufacturing, packaging or importing tattoo products, even on an ancillary basis, as well as the extension of an establishment's activity to include suc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure

Article R5121-51-1

In order to obtain recognition, by at least one other Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, of a marketing authorisation granted by the Direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure.

Article R5141-47-2

In order to obtain recognition, by at least one other Member State of the European Union, of a marketing authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-5

…ed in article 226-29 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Attempted offences under articles 226-25, 226-26, 226-27 and 226-28 are punishable by the same penalties. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-26

…uthorisation made to the administrative authority in application of articles L. 3121-24 and L. 3121-25. This opinion is forwarded to the Labour Inspectorate.

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

Article L911-2

The exemptions provided for in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-27 are applicable to natural persons subject to a simplified tax regime under the regulations in force in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Remuneration of the private project manager

Article R2432-7

If the estimated cost of the works is not yet known at the time of award of the project management contract, the provisional amount of the project manager's remuneration is based on the part of the es…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2131-16

…ablishments and their groupings publish a contract notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces des marchés publics and in the Official Journal of the European Union; 2° Other purchasers publish a con…

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