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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-2

…extended for a further period of up to twenty-four hours, with the written authorisation of the public prosecutor, giving reasons, if this is justified by the requirements of the customs investigatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-6-2

Expenditure incurred by the bodies mentioned in 2° of article L. 6361-2 which does not comply with their purpose or the stipulations of the agreements entered into with the State shall give rise to re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-10-2

The person or persons designated by the social and economic committee shall be informed by the administrator or, failing that, the judicial representative of the arrangements for implementing the prec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2-4

The psychological project provided for in article L. 6143-2 includes several sections relating to the clinical activities of psychologists and their training and research activities, as well as the wa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-3

Are voidable, at the request of the requesting spouse, all acts performed in violation of the ordinance, if they were performed with a third party in bad faith, or even in the case of property the ali…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-2

Labile blood products proposed for inclusion on the list referred to in 1° of article L. 1221-8 are assessed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-2

Any violation in a health establishment, in an army hospital or in one of the structures mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 1221-10 and due to the latter, of the legislative and regulatory requiremen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R*365-2

For its application in French Polynesia, Article R. * 343-22 reads as follows: "Art. R. * 343-22.-The administrative authority mentioned in articles R. 343-19 and R. 343-20 is the Minister responsible…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Access conditions for associations

Article R*343-22

The administrative authority referred to in articles R. 343-19, R. 343-20 and R. 343-21 is the Minister responsible for immigration.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R*364-2

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Article R. * 343-22 reads as follows: "Art. R. * 343-22.-The administrative authority mentioned in articles R. 343-19 and R. 343-20 is the Ministe…

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