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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-7

The administrative authority referred to in Article L. 531-6 is:the prefect of the department, or in Paris, the prefect of police, for offences and breaches observed by an agent placed under his autho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-76

The decision to grant aid is taken after consulting a committee comprising five members appointed for a period of one year: 1° The Chairman of the Selective Exhibition Grants Commission; 2° A represen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article R131-7

…tion or chamber president, two assessors chosen from among the persons referred to in 2° of Article L. 131-3 and two assessors chosen from among the persons mentioned in 3° of the same article.When th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4542-7

The display screen keyboard has the following characteristics: 1° It can be tilted and is separate from the screen to enable the worker to adopt a comfortable position which does not cause fatigue of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2143-7

…r accepts as sufficient proof that the candidate is not in a case of exclusion mentioned in article L. 2141-2, the certificates issued by the competent administrations and bodies. The list of taxes, c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contribution and management

Article R6332-75

The contribution due by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6331-48 is distributed by France Compétences between the training insurance funds for non-salaried workers according…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Events relating to the radiation protection of patients

Article R1333-74

…drawn from the analysis of events likely to affect the health of persons, as referred to in Article L. 1333-13, where these events are of interest from the point of view of the radiation protection of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole subsection: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-78

In the absence of the agreement mentioned inarticle L. 3142-129, the request to extend the leave or the period of part-time work devoted to teaching or research previously granted is sent to the emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-77

By way of derogation from article L. 6144-4, the Technical Committee of the establishment comprises, on the one hand, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Director of the Prison Administration…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-3

When the court imposes a fine in a criminal or police matter, the president shall notify the convicted person that, if he pays the amount of this fine within one month of the date on which the judgmen…

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