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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-40

When it is consulted pursuant to IV of article L. 1611-10, the Consultative Commission on the Financial Responsibility of Local Authorities shall give its opinion within three months of the date of re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article R5221-4

…lowing definitions shall apply 1° Accessory means any article which is intended by its manufacturer to be used principally with an in vitro diagnostic medical device in order to enable the latter to b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment of members

Article R6143-4

…s, including those with national or inter-regional jurisdiction, are appointed by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which their main institution is located.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L121-4

…from State aid if they have been approved. Approval is based in particular on the existence of statutory provisions guaranteeing the democratic operation of the association, the transparency of its ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-46

…y for the purposes defined in article R. 40-43, the following personal data and information may be stored in the automated processing system: 1° For electronic communications subject to judicial inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Unilateral employer document

Article L1233-24-4

In the absence of an agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1, a document drawn up by the employer after the last meeting of the social and economic committee sets out the content of the job prot…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-26-4

The committee meets at least twice a year, convened by its chairman, on his or her own initiative or, within a maximum of two months, at the written request of the full representatives of this committ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

The public prosecutor, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, may propose, directly or through an authorised person, a penal composition to a natural person who admits having commit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-4

…buildings, private roads with a public right of way, installations and land that have been declared to be in a state of manifest abandonment may be pursued under the conditions set out in this article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-4

…courts are elected within the jurisdiction of each of these courts by a college composed of:1° Electors in a personal capacity:a) Traders registered in French Polynesia in the Trade and Companies Reg…

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