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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the customs debt defined in Articles 5(18), (20) and (21) of that Regulation, shall be extended to five years in the cases provided for in Article 103(2)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-1-A

…3-3 to: 1° reach the joint decisions referred to in II of Article L. 613-20-4 and in Article L. 613-21-3 ; 2° In the absence of a joint decision, refer the matter to the European Banking Authority pur…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1530

…nal mediation and conciliation governed by this Title shall be understood, pursuant to the articles 21 and 21-2 of the aforementioned Act of 8 February 1995, any structured process, by which two or mo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-3

I. - As from 2014, a solidarity fund for the departments is created. From 2015, this article applies to the Lyon metropolitan area.The resources of this fund are allocated to the départements as compe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-23

…s powers pursuant to Article L. 7224-18. In this case and by way of derogation from Article L. 7222-21, reports on business submitted to the councillors may be communicated to them during the meeting;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…for by articles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1 are applicable, with the investigating judge exercising the powers of the sentence…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-9

…Article. This information constitutes a warning within the meaning of Articles L. 622-24 and R. 622-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-22

The articles L. 2223-4, R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Maintenance, servicing and checks

Article R4224-17

…which is, where appropriate, appended to the workplace maintenance file provided for in Article R. 4211-3. This file includes, in particular, the instructions and documents provided for ventilation, s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-7

In addition to the members mentioned in articles D. 6124-17 to D. 6124-21, the staff of the emergency department of a health care establishment includes at least, depending on the case : 1° A nurse wi…

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