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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-16

Subject to the provisions ofOrder no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies, "Laboratoire français du fractionnement et des biotechn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-95-1

…ities, the court clerk verifies that it is valid within the meaning of Article 3 of the Order of 10 August 2016 authorising the creation of an automated personal data processing operation called "DOCV…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L742-12

…tributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentioned in article L. 221…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-14

…erative bodies are subject to the rules of financial supervision provided by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain bodies with an econom…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-4

…Director General of the Agency to monitor the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, this Title and the provisions adopted for their application. They shall also be responsible fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…id for four years, except when it is issued: 1° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-22 ; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit issued to the spo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Joint investigation teams

Article 695-2

With the prior agreement of the Minister of Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the competent judicial authority may set up a joint investigation team, either when it is ne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

Any person whose identity is entered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

…priate measures, in particular a reduction in the funding allocations referred to in article L. 162-22-13 of the Social Security Code, so that, depending on the case, the establishments enter into a c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-24

…ailure to comply with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article R. 526-16 and article R. 526-22, the judge responsible for overseeing the trade and companies register in the jurisdiction shall,…

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