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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-1

…to the plasmas referred to in Article L. 1223-3 shall specify the date on which it was drawn up or last revised and shall include at least the following information: 1° The name of the product as it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-11-1

…provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article D. 123-200 and is assessed on the closing date of the last accounting period.II.-The second judicial administrator and the second judicial representative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-15

…h of the two offices he or she chooses to hold. Failing this, he shall be deemed to have chosen the last office to which he was elected..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-15

…ate set for the trainee's interview for persons authorised to be heard by the commission during the last three months of the traineeship pursuant to the first paragraph of Article R. 742-15-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-28

…ication shall be accompanied by: 1° Balance sheets or extracts from balance sheets, relating to the last three financial years for which the preparation of balance sheets is compulsory by law; 2° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune and merged communes

Article R2113-24

…on of the new commune 2° The year preceding the creation of the new commune is understood to be the last calendar year preceding the three calendar years mentioned in 1°; > The population taken into a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-90-1

…by the accounting officer, who accompanies them with a balance drawn up after taking charge of the last voucher and mandate slip. The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitm…

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

Article R2224-5-4

The report mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2224-5-3 also states the use of the right of pre-emption for the preservation of the quality of water resources intended for human consumption…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2311-13

…the management account, if it has been drawn up by that date, or with a balance drawn up after the last voucher and mandate slip has been taken into account. The authorising officer produces a statem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Currency

Article R732-5

…tution La Monnaie de Paris" are replaced by the words: "the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer";b) The last paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer authent…

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