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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-5

…national territory from those located on the territory of one or more other States is determined by regulation, taking into account local circumstances. When the regional health plan is revised or whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2

…nsible for verifying requests for access to the EURODAC database for law enforcement purposes under Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 concerning…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-2

…ered in a shared electronic recording device by a "DLT market infrastructure" within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot sch…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-40

…o an agreement with this company to guarantee their liquidity and solvency. For the purposes of the regulations referred to in Article L. 611-1 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-13

The standard regulation(s) provided for in Article L. 522-13 are drawn up and amended by the Fédération nationale des prestataires logistiques et des magasins généraux agrées par l'Etat and submitted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-22-4

The drinking water service regulations organise the procedures for carrying out the inspection provided for by Article L. 2224-12, in compliance with the rules set out in this article.The service resp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-2

…e meaning of Article D. 589-3 is an advanced electronic signature, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-75

…ts are subject to the EU type-approval or national type-approval procedures defined respectively by Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on type…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-1

…ance with Article L. 5121-8, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-30

It is forbidden to prescribe medicines classified as narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations for treatment lasting more than twenty-eight days.This period may be reduced for certain designated m…

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