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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-2

The regional health project consists of :1° A strategic orientation framework, which sets out general objectives and expected results over a ten-year period;2° A regional health plan, drawn up for fiv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

…ing in France anticipated, as well as the provisional work plan if the work is in the fiction genre;11° A declaration on honour to the effect that the executive production company complies with the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and misdemeanours and related offences shall be that provided for by this Code, subject to the pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R152-2

…orised customs agents" and the words: "authorised tax agents", the words: "reporting to the State"; 11° The references to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…econd paragraph may not exceed 5,000 euros per day. III. - For the offences mentioned in 4°, 9° and 11° of Article L. 6241-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the suspensio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-14

The transport of the body of a deceased person to a health establishment in order to take samples for therapeutic purposes shall be declared in advance, by any means in writing, to the mayor of the mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-90-1

I.- Authorisation holders for medicine, surgery, interventional radiology, medical care and rehabilitation or home hospitalisation may be associated with an authorisation holder for cancer treatment u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-36

Territorial authorities and their public cooperation establishments exercising the competence of organising authority for public electricity distribution networks may also ensure, as an accessory to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

…the case known at the time of transmission of the decision to place him under judicial supervision; 11° Where applicable, the specific reasons for the obligations provided for by the decision to place…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mandatory information on invoices in electronic form

Article D2192-2

…tion; 10° Identification, where applicable, of the tax representative of the issuer of the invoice; 11° Where applicable, the terms of payment; 12° Where applicable, information relating to additional…

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