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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8224-3

…from public contracts for a maximum of five years; 3° Confiscation under the terms and conditions set out in article 131-21 of the Criminal Code; 4° Display or dissemination of the decision handed do…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-3

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-36

Requests for rectification or deletion of data from data subjects may be addressed either directly to the territorially competent public prosecutor or to a magistrate designated in accordance with art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-38

…cle R. 1221-37. Decisions by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) taken after…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-34

…or the case since the origin, the movements and balance per account opened at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and in other financial institutions, as well as all funds, bills, securities or val…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-32

The President of the Metropolitan Council attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 et D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the accoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-32

…rs practising in the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, their changes of residence, in accordance with the provisions applicable to civil serva…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-3

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-4, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-3

…by a producer or manufacturer, to any person other than those authorised by article L. 3322-5, of anethol or essences that may be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, is punishable by a fin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-3

…nsulting the public prosecutor, modify or supplement the measures provided for in articles 131-36-2 et 131-36-3 of the Penal Code.His decision is enforceable by provision. It may be challenged by way…

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