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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3-1

…t with which it has entered into a contract complies with the stipulations of the agreement and the rules of good practice mentioned in article L. 1245-6. II.-The list of tissues and their derivatives…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-7

Local and regional authorities shall exercise their own powers in compliance with the constraints imposed by national defence. In this respect, the division of powers provided for by law shall not pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-2

Territorial authorities, when acting as managing authorities for European programmes, as national authorities for territorial cooperation programmes, as intermediate bodies for the European Maritime A…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 512

For protected adults, the management accounts are checked and approved annually by the subrogated guardian where one has been appointed or by the family council where article 457 is applied. Where sev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-3

…the last paragraph of article 186. The same applies if it is alleged that the settlement order also rules on an application made before the notice provided for in Article 175 but which has not been an…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285

…rsonal luggage.The flat-rate tax is collected by the customs department in accordance with the same rules, subject to the same guarantees and the same penalties as for customs duties.The conditions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-3

…maximum amount of compensation per investor, the procedures and deadlines for compensation and the rules relating to customer information. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, in con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L220-5

…isks may refer the matter to a central pricing office, the conditions of constitution and operating rules of which are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.The exclusive role of the central prici…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D151-1

The rules relating to the classification of hydromineral, climatic, uvale, seaside, winter sports and mountaineering or tourist resorts are set out in articles R. 4424-20 to R. 4424-30 of the general…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1

Applications for invalidity or revocation of trade marks submitted to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall be made in the form and under the conditions defined by decree of the Con…

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