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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-9

Tax officials responsible for carrying out judicial investigations pursuant to Article 28-2 shall be appointed from among those who have passed the technical examination, by joint order of the Keeper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A bis

…ct of a transfer of real rights under the conditions provided for in articles 7, 8 and 9 of law no. 2008-660 of 4 July 2008 on port reform to an operator running a terminal are subject to a reduction…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 72-101-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-39-2

…ve been granted partial access to practise the profession of chiropodist in France under article L. 4002-5 of the Public Health Code, when presenting their activity to the public, in particular on a w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-37-2

…ix the sentenced person's place of residence from the date of release. If necessary, this residence may be determined by the sentence enforcement judge after the judicial supervision judgment has been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37-2

…ir commitment, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months, volunteer fire fighters who have completed the training enabling them to participate in missions of emergency first aid and care for peopl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-3

The automated national judicial file of perpetrators of terrorist offences is an automated application of nominative information maintained by the national criminal records department under the author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-3

…public interest entity shall, at the request of the specialised committee mentioned in article L. 823-19 or the body performing the functions of this committee, the findings and conclusions of the Ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-2

…in particular: 1° He/she contributes to the dissemination and evaluation of good medical practice; 2° It ensures that patient care is coordinated; 3° It contributes to the promotion of medical resear…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 15

The judicial court may also appoint a notary to affix and remove seals; it may instruct him to make an inventory.The interested heirs must be called to these operations if no delay results. Where thes…

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