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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-200

…the rules for borrowing, the use of the financial futures instruments referred to in article L. 214-38 , the temporary purchase and sale of securities and the guarantees referred to in article L. 214-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific conditions for paediatric organ transplants

Article D6124-167

…unit; this may specialise in organ transplants in accordance with the provisions of article R. 6123-38-7. The intensive care activity mentioned in article R. 6123-76 may be paediatric intensive care,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Surface fresh water used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption

Article R1321-39

…comply with the quality limits set by the order mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1321-38 when the following rules are complied with:1° The water samples are taken, before treatment, at r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

…ralised departments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Articles A. 38-3 to A. 38-5-1, the Ile-de-France and Paris Regional Directorates of Public Finance shall be resp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-42

…he notification of obligations it has made in accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article R. 50-38. If the person has been sentenced abroad, the prison administration shall inform the competent pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-4-1

…n, within the meaning of article L. 321-9. The Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 321-38 sets the nature and duration of the activities that may be validated under the obligation mention…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

…hich the société de crédit foncier has granted by benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 211-38 to L. 211-40 or articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are professiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-5

…or the offences set out in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the same Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the said Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-2

…nd levied on diesel and petrol in overseas France, under the conditions laid down in article L. 312-38 of the same code.The proceeds are entered in the budgets of each of the local authorities between…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-11

…for the offences set out in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the same Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the said Code.

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