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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-5

I.-The retail supply, whether free of charge or for consideration, of:1° Medicated feedingstuffs as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018;2° Veterinary medicinal pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-31

…exchange of the shares subject to the reverse split for the shares to arise from the reverse split; 7° The trading price of the old fractional shares, determined by the General Meeting under the condi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-52

…information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237 ; 6° The company's normal expiry date; 7° The amount, at the time of issue, of the securities guaranteed by the company; 8° The amount of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Standing Committee

Article L7123-12

…orandums of understanding for works, supplies and services, and authorise the Chairman to sign them;7° Award project management contracts awarded in accordance with intermediate and competition proced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R7

…jury mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4° and 5° may be different from the members mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4°, 7° and 8° of Article R. 3.The total number of magistrates provided for in 1° and 5° is equal to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-123

…al years, including distributions made; 6° General information on the valuation of property assets; 7° The company's situation at the end of the financial year; 8° Changes in valuation methods and the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-22-2

…s constituency is likely to commit its financial solidarity in the short or medium term pursuant to 7° of article L. 711-8, the regional chamber shall send it observations, propose remedial measures a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article R1424-56

For the application to the department of Bouches-du-Rhône of Chapter V "External fire defence" of Title II of Book II of Part Two, III of article R. 2225-3 is replaced by the following provisions: III…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

Given the requirements of the public education service, the weekly service of staff belonging to teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-9

…e law of the issuing State, within one of the categories of offences mentioned in Article D. 48-24; 7° A full description of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offences…

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