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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 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-69

Amounts received by way of aid for professional integration are not repaid and the employer retains the benefit of the aid corresponding to the number of days worked by the employee whose initiative-e…

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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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…mount of aid granted to carry out a project complies, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-6

…t in the management of a private health institution, either personally or through his/her spouse, ascendants or descendants in the direct line; however, this incompatibility does not apply to staff re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-5

…267-1, L. 267-2, L. 268-2 and the second paragraph of Article L. 311-2 of the Code of Military Justice shall apply. In accordance with article L. 211-21 of the same code, the person under investigatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-6

…rmation of the supervisory board is composed of eight members: 1° The Governor of the Banque de France or the Deputy Governor appointed to represent him, Chairman ; 2° The Vice-Chairman ; 3° Two membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Advances and loans

Article R2337-6

…outstanding debts to be recovered and outstanding debts to be paid, drawn up by the accounting officer and certified by the authorising officer; 5° The cash position; 6° Copies of the deliberations o…

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