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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

I.-The penalties provided for in Article L. 824-2, statutory auditors for any disciplinary misconduct they commit. Disciplinary misconduct includes: 1° Any breach of the legal conditions for practisin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-3

…the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna, and in sectors where supply conditions or market structures limit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4421-2

…tituted by the Loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse et aux départements de Corse-du-Sud et de Haute-Corse in all their assets, rights and obligations as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-7

Non-clinical trials intended to assess the properties and safety of medicinal products for human use must comply with good laboratory practice, the principles of which are laid down by decision of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5139-1

…Minister for Health, made on a proposal from the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, shall establish the list of these micro-organisms and toxins.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-6

…223 du 21 février 2007 précitée : 1° Première partie : livre Ier (titre unique : chapitres Ier, III et IV) ; livre VI (titre II) ; 2° Cinquième partie : livres IV, VI et VII. For the application of th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article L322-4

…notarial deed of sale is only drawn up once the price has been deposited with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and proof of payment of the costs of the sale and the taxed costs has been provided…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book IV: PROVISIONS RELATING TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L1400-2

The provisions of this Code apply ipso jure to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the provisions of the titles devoted to each of these collectivities in the book…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Miscellaneous provisions

Article LO6266-1

…f promulgation of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Miscellaneous provisions

Article LO6366-1

…f promulgation of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer.

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