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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-3

Apart from the cases provided for in Article 60-2, customs officers may, at any time, visit goods, means of transport and persons present or moving in the places mentioned in the same Article 60-2, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-6

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article D2573-6

…le II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subj…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-63

The application for registration of a homeopathic veterinary medicinal product or a series of medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5141-9 is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-5

For the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique de Paris, the Paris City Council draws up a list of four arrondissement councillors from which the arrondissement councillor who is to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-6

…n his absence, by the delegate prefect for defence and security placed under his authority. For the Paris defence and security zone, it is chaired by the police prefect or, in his absence, by the pref…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-21

…udicial authority, which shall include in particular the following information: 1° The identity and capacity of the magistrate or court issuing it; 2° The subject of and reasons for the decision; 3° T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-4

…time of the offence for which extradition is requested; 2° Where the crime or offence is of a political nature or where it is clear from the circumstances that extradition is requested for a political…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-62

…to his transfer, other than that for which he was transferred, unless he is in one of the following cases: 1° Having had the opportunity to do so, he or she has not left the national territory within…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-6

…nteed interest rate and the duration of this guarantee, the fidelity guarantees and the methods for calculating and allocating the profit share; 6° The list of unit-linked products, except where the m…

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