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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-54

…of constituents authorised under the conditions laid down in article 11 of decree no. 73-138 of 12 February 1973 implementing the law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and falsification with regard to the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-11

…10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18. However, for a period of five years from the date on which he definitively ceases…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-15

…led, subject to the provisions of articles L. 2121-36, L. 2122-5, L. 2122-6, L. 2122-16 and L. 2122-17. However, in the event of a full renewal, the duties of mayor and deputy mayor are, from the inst…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-9

…t to the supporters' associations referred to in articles L. 224-3, L. 332-15, L. 332-16 and L. 332-17 may be granted to supporters' associations meeting the following conditions:1° They must have ado…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to personal recovery without compulsory liquidation and to personal recovery with compulsory liquidation

Article R743-1

…the debtor by the registry when the judgment referred to in Article R. 741-12, R. 741-16 or R. 742-17.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 754

…t in Article 712-6. To this end, this magistrate may issue the warrants provided for in article 712-17. The decision of the sentence enforcement judge, which is provisionally enforceable, may be appea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-50-1

…Personal data is kept on the AMF's official website in compliance with the rules set out in Act 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties.Where applicable, the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and appointment of a provisional administrator

Article D6323-19-2

…regional cross-industry joint committee no longer complies with the provisions of articles L. 6323-17-6, D. 6323-20-1, D. 6323-21, D. 6323-21-2 and D. 6323-21-4. II -When the regional prefect finds t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article R1615-2

I. - (repealed)II. - For expenditure carried out from 1 January 2021, the following are not included among the capital expenditure giving entitlement to allocations from the compensation fund for valu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2143-1

…od council, the mayor may decide that the citizen council provided for in Article 7 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion replaces the neighbourhood co…

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