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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-32

…of detention have not been put an end to, he shall take one of the decisions provided for in 1° to 3° of II of article 803-8. In the cases provided for in the last paragraph of II of the same article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-3-1

…opharmacovigilance system provided for in Article L. 253-8-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;3° As part of its duties relating to biocidal products under the twelfth paragraph of Article L. 131…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article L722-3

…of funds; 2° "Beneficiary" means the person who is the intended recipient of the transfer of funds; 3° "Payment service provider" means institutions other than finance companies governed by Title I an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The office

Article L3122-8

The chairman and members of the standing committee who have been delegated pursuant to article L. 3221-3 form the bureau.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-41

The investment section is presented in accordance with the following functional groups: 1° Expenditure : Group 1: fixed assets. Group 2: capital reduction and other expenditure. Group 3: debt repaymen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 311-3

…directors or managers as well as the majority of directors who are French nationals or equivalent;3° Not be controlled by one or more natural or legal persons who are nationals of States other than…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulated commitments

Article R331-3

The fifth paragraph of Article R. 343-5 and Article R. 343-6 apply to the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 only if these undertakings satisfy, before allocation to the provision for the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2431-3

…to one of the following categories:1° New construction of a building;2° Refurbishment of a building;3° New construction of infrastructure;4° Refurbishment of infrastructure.The project owner may, wher…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-3

…tion number (SIREN) of the company on behalf of which the holder carries out an itinerant activity; 3° The company name or trading name followed, where applicable, by the acronym, the address of the r…

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