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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article R1434-2

…f the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, in accordance with the procedure laid down in 2° of I of Article R. 1434-1. The Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy is informed each year o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-201

The travel expenses mentioned in a of 7° of I of Article Annex 4-8 are subject to a flat-rate reimbursement equal to that provided for bailiffs in articles A. 444-48 and A. 444-49.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215

1. Those who hold or transport goods that are dangerous to public health, safety or morals, counterfeit goods, goods prohibited under international commitments or goods that are the subject of interna…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-2

…l send a filing receipt with the application number to the applicant organisation or its representative. II. - The Institute shall notify the applicant within two months of the filing of the applicati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

The following are deputy judicial police officers: 1° Civil servants in the active services of the national police who do not meet the conditions laid down by article 20; 1° bis Volunteers serving as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-2

…tal diagnosis centre" are replaced by the words: "a consultation providing multidisciplinary care";"2° In IV, the words ", where applicable a member of a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre,"…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article D3115-20

…gement, with equipment and materials suitable for carrying out these tasks and with personal protective equipment for its staff. The agreement includes the authorisation procedures required to ensure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-22

The intervention plan for the point of entry into the territory and its successive updates are sent by the Prefect to the Minister for Health and to the Prefect for the Defence and Security Zone. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-21

The Prefect conducts an audit of the existing technical capacity of the entry points and prepares an action programme, in consultation with the entry point manager, to achieve and maintain the require…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-20

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for the liquidator to use, in bad faith, the assets or credit of the company in liquidation in a way that he knows to be contrary…

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