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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

Investigation assistants are recruited from among members of the technical and administrative support corps of the national gendarmerie, category B administrative staff of the national police and the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

In the case of permanent or temporary sports arenas to be built, the application for approval is submitted as follows:a) When the application for planning permission for the structure which is the sub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L773-14

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L775-13

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

A multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "family member of a beneficiary of stateless status", identical to the card provided for in article L. 424-18, issued to a foreign national who has ob…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-2

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident, and whose statutory purpose includes combating sexual violence, sexual harassment or violence against…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

The measures mentioned in articles 712-5,712-6 and 712-7, with the exception of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-64

The laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18 analyses the A sample sent in application of article R. 232-62.Unless otherwise requested by the Agency, it retains the B sample with a v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-7

When the examinations instituted by articles L. 2122-1, second paragraph, L. 2122-3 and L. 2132-2, second paragraph, are carried out by the health professionals of the departmental maternal and child…

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