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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-4

…ting panel open the electronic ballot box publicly by activating the keys referred to in article R. 4031-34-2. The ballot box may only be opened if at least four keys have been activated, each by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-4

…al conditions under which birthing centres operate are laid down by decree. The care given to women and newborn babies complies with the recommendations for good professional practice drawn up by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 4

The judge who refuses to judge, on the pretext of the silence, obscurity or inadequacy of the law, may be prosecuted as guilty of denial of justice.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 461

The Committee invites the taxpayer to submit, within thirty days, any written observations that it deems useful to present in support of its request for a settlement, or to present oral observations a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 462

The Committee draws up an annual report for the Government and Parliament, which will be published, on the conditions under which transactions falling within the remit of the decentralised departments…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 460

1. A tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee is set up to issue an opinion on the transactions referred to in Article 350 a of this Code.2. This committee is made up, under the chairman…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 463

1. The committee provided for in article 460 above may be consulted by the Minister for the Budget on any general or specific question relating to tax, customs and foreign exchange disputes. 2. It may…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

I.-Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-14

…the circumstances in which they are concluded: 1° Either in accordance with a formalised procedure; 2° Or in accordance with an adapted procedure; 3° Or without prior advertising or competitive tender…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-4

…federation complies with its obligations in terms of the fight against doping as set out in 5° of I and III of article L. 232-5, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-5-1, L. 231-8, L. 232-10-2 and L. 232-23-5, t…

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