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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article R4414-2

…ed pursuant to Article R. 4414-1 are used to finance the operations provided for in Article R. 2334-12. Ile-de-France Mobilités may also use these sums to subsidise the acquisition and renovation of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-98

…hese documents are then presented to the town council within the timeframes set out in article L. 1612-12.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-2

…ent authorities to ensure that the sanctions or measures it has adopted pursuant to Articles L. 633-12 and L. 633-13 are effective.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 octies

…tral preparations, officinal medicines, medicines or pharmaceutical products defined in article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code, which meet the conditions of article L. 162-17 of the Social Securi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-26

…funds referred to in articles L. 227-1 and L. 611-7 of the Social Security Code and article L. 723-12 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which determine the rules for allocating the necessary re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-17

In the cases referred to in Articles R. 1454-12 and R. 1454-13, the case is referred to a subsequent hearing of the Judgement Committee in its restricted composition. The court clerk will notify by an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-13

…due to right holders cannot be distributed or paid within the time limits set out in article L. 324-12 for the reasons set out in the second paragraph of I of this article, these sums are managed and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55-4

…composition includes the measure of prohibition from leaving the national territory provided for by 12° of article 41-2, the offender shall surrender his passport to the court clerk or to the person d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Calculation for foreign operations

Article 211-31

…721-12 are permanently registered there in accordance with Article…

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