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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Registration of members of the dietetics profession

Article D4371-1-1

Articles D. 4333-1 to D. 4333-6-1 are applicable to dieticians, subject to the following adaptations:1° In the second sentence of the first paragraph of article D. 4333-1, the words: "in article L. 43…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-1

An interministerial technical assistance service is set up within the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, made up of police officers, gendarmerie members and customs officers. This service is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-10

The High Council, acting in a restricted formation, hears actions brought against statutory auditors registered on the list mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1, third-country auditors mentioned in I of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

The provisions of this section apply to the medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5111-1, where these medicinal products :1° Are classified, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principle of advance payment

Article R2391-1

The purchaser shall grant an advance payment to the holder of a contract when the initial amount of the contract is greater than 250,000 euros excluding tax and insofar as the performance period is gr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-1

The High Council deliberates on:1° The annual budget and its amendments during the year;2° The financial account and the allocation of the results;3° The accounting and financial regulations, which ar…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article R2142-1

The conditions for participation in the procurement procedure relating to the capacities of the candidate referred to in Article L. 2142-1, as well as the acceptable means of proof, shall be indicated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-1

The municipal credit banks may grant any natural person loans against pledges of tangible movable property, likely to be of appreciable value and in a good state of preservation. These assets are depo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175

I.-As soon as the investigation appears to have been completed, the examining magistrate communicates the case file to the public prosecutor and at the same time notifies the parties' lawyers or, if t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4-1

I.-The provision by a third party of research equipment or services to investment service providers, other than portfolio management companies, providing investment or related services to clients, sha…

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