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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-31

…dentifiers referred to in II of Article L. 3512-23 is designated by order of the Minister for Customs. II.-The Minister responsible for customs shall at all times ensure that the entity issuing the un…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-31

…on the part of the debtors; 2° Or a write-off, in the event of insolvency on the part of the debtors. The remission decision is taken by the Board of Directors after receiving the Accounting Officer'…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consultation of registered information

Article R521-31

…a statement mentioning the numbers of these registrations that he has noted as well as their date and place of registration. This statement shall be dated and signed by the registrar. The registrar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Temporary work at a height

Article D4153-31

I.-It is forbidden to assign young people to the erection and dismantling of scaffolding. II -The prohibition referred to in I may be waived under the conditions and in the forms set out in section 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-31

Where the risk of mobile work equipment overturning or tipping over cannot be completely avoided, such equipment shall be fitted either with a structure preventing it from overturning by more than a q…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-31

…hases defined in article R. 5141-29 is the first phase of support. The business start-up assistance and financial structuring assistance phases may be carried out concurrently or successively. The sup…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-31

…lity, delegate his signature to one or more agents whom he constitutes his authorised representatives.The accounting officer is responsible for the operation of the accounting departments.He is subjec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-31

Physical persons convicted of one of the offences punishable under articles L. 242-27 to L. 242-30 also incur, as additional penalties, the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article D4163-31

Each year, the managing body at national level records on the employee's professional prevention account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer for the previous year on the decl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

…he provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establishments, as licensing aut…

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