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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

The Statutory Auditors' special report provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 225-40 and the third paragraph of article L. 225-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the inf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-71

The municipality or public establishment shall distribute the balance, after deduction of a deduction for reimbursement costs, according to the uses defined in article L. 2333-68. The provisions of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-7

In accordance with the provisions of article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

…nces Chamber of the Court of Appeal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an adversarial debate during which the prosecution's case and the sentenced person's lawyer's observations are heard. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

The procedure applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following crimes and misdemeanours and related offences shall be that provided for by this Code, subject to the pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 sexies

…operty rights for which the deceased's right of ownership was not established before his death by a duly transcribed or published deed, charged to the heirs by the notary, are allowed, on production o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article R5125-70

…ional des pharmaciens. The website contains the contact details of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, a hypertext link to the website of the Ordre national des ph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-7

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall inform the Prefect of the département in which the establishment is located of his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Classification of medical devices

Article R5211-7

…fication rules defined, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for Health. These rules take accoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-7

The provisions set out in articles L. 2122-4 and L. 2122-7, in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2122-8 and article L. 2122-13, apply to the election of the chairman of the trade union com…

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