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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22-1

…public prosecutor's office before the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal: 1° To automatically forward a sentencing decision to the competent authority of another European Uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

I.-As an exception to the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Committees for the Protection of Individuals are subject…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…that apply to issuers when they make offers to the public, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of Article L. 411-2 or 2 or 3 of Article L. 411-2-1, or whose financial instruments, units mentio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Import operations.

Article R442-10-2

The political risk is realised 1° When the goods cannot be dispatched or cannot leave the country of dispatch or do not reach the country of destination as a result of one of the following incidents o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-2

…ation from the first paragraph, the prescription for one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14°, 15° and 18° of Article L. 5121-1, and in a and d of 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

…ber State of the European Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Article L. 5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-4-1

The agents mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of the I of article L. 5146-1 may order the immediate denaturing or destruction, by any approved disposal channel, of the following products:1° Veterinary medicin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 214-232, the following securitisation undertakings are excluded from the scope of II of article L. 214-167 : 1° Economic loan funds referred to in I ofarti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Company or establishment agreements

Article D2232-1-2

…are sent to the address of the joint committee mentioned in the third paragraph of article D. 2232-1-1 after deletion by the most diligent party of the surnames and first names of the negotiators and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73-1

…res taken by the holder of the early access authorisation issued for a medicinal product covered by 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 to disseminate the authorisation, or any information relating to this…

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