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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-300

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following information is not made available to the public: 1° Judgements handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…ute to the objectives of social and territorial cohesion. The conditions of the first paragraph are not required for communities of communes existing on the date of publication of Law no. 99-586 of 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-19

In the context of public orders, when default interest is not mandated at the same time as the principal, the latter being in an amount greater than a threshold set by regulation, the accounting offic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Control and prohibition of collective water misting systems

Article R1335-22

…Agency, considers that one of the requirements resulting from articles R. 1335-16 to R. 1335-20 has not been complied with, he shall give formal notice to the operator, by any means capable of giving…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-5

The transmission to the prefect or sub-prefect of public contracts of municipalities and their public establishments other than public health establishments includes the following documents: 1° A copy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6342-5

The transmission to the State representative of the public contracts of the local authority and its public establishments other than public health establishments includes the following documents: 1° A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-21

In the case of pharmacists who are required to be registered on the Roll of the Order, the Council of the Order to which they belong will, as part of the registration process, register the pharmacist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-9

…l herbal medicinal product is refused by the Director General of the Agency if the application does not comply with the provisions of Articles L. 5121-14-1, R. 5121-97, R. 5121-107-4 and R. 5121-107-5…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…mme is deleted;17° bis In article R. 421-34-1, the reference to the ministry responsible for the economy is replaced by the reference to the service responsible locally for access to employment for fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

…L. 426-11 du même code; 4° Le récépissé de renouvellement de titre de séjour portant la mention " autorise son titulaire à travailler " ;…

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