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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article R561-38-6

At least once a year, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising supervisory functions of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 561-38-4 is informe…

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

Article 61 bis

…y regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, non-Community c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-6

…social and environmental council; 2° To the environmental authority; 3° To the territorial conference on public action. The opinion is deemed to be favourable if it has not been given within three mo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-62

…rovided for in Article L. 811-7 or Article L. 812-5 or, for a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, in article L. 811-7-1-A or in article L. 812-5-1-A and in Article 31-6 of the aforementioned Act…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual dosimetric monitoring

Article R4451-64

…51-57 or when the effective dose assessed in application of 5° of Article R. 4451-53 is likely to exceed 6 millisieverts. II - For all other workers accessing delimited areas under Article R. 4451-24,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R*612-73-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 612-73-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-6

The rate of the resale right is equal to 4% of the sale price as defined in article R. 122-5 when this is less than or equal to 50,000 euros.When the sale price is greater than 50,000 euros, the resal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-65

When the import concerns plasma pastes or labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products, the authorisation referred to in Article D. 1221-58 is issued to the following organisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4391-6

The regional nursing assistants' commission designated by order of the Minister for Health comprises :1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or his/her representative, as Chairm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-11

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, the request submitted under Article 694-10 is rejected if one of the grounds for refusal mentioned in article 713-37 already appears to have been…

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