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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Surface fresh water used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption

Article R1321-42

…the quality limits for raw water set by the decree mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 may not be used for the production of water intended for human consumption. However, the use of water of such q…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-9

I.-In areas where people must be removed from their shoes, attached, semi-fixed or movable floor coverings, in particular carpets and gratings, are prohibited, with the exception of channel covers for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-105-1

The holder of an authorisation referred to in Article L. 5141-12 must report to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Billing

Article L441-9

…service provision has been completed within the meaning of 3 of the I of article 289 of the General Tax Code. The buyer is obliged to claim it. The seller and the buyer shall each keep a copy of any i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Revenue from the operating section

Article L2573-43

…ication to the communes of French Polynesia, Article L. 2331-1 reads as follows:"Art.L. 2331-1. The tax revenues of the operating section include the proceeds of taxes and duties whose basis of assess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-24

Enforcement of the sentence or probation decision shall be refused in the following cases:1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or manifestly does not correspond to the sentence or decisio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-2

…o be marketed, of an agreement complying with the standards set out in Article 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and guaranteeing an exchange of information in tax matters,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-3

…uties under Books V and VI ; 2° Where the AIF is established in a third country, the absence of inclusion on the lists published by international bodies involved in the fight against money laundering…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R712-21

…the second paragraph of Article L. 712-2 describes the actions financed in whole or in part by the tax for chamber expenses at regional level, the taking into account of which contributes to determin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-1-2

…to: 1° Prescribing, administering, applying, transferring or offering to athletes, without a duly justified medical reason, one or more substances or methods mentioned in article L. 425-1-1 or facili…

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