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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic transmission of budget documents to the State representative

Article D1612-15-1

I. - Metropolises, local authorities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status with more than 50,000 inhabitants shall transmit their budget documents electron…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-1

The holder of the surgical oncology authorisation must ensure that the surgeons who carry out surgical oncology are qualified in the speciality in which they operate and have regular oncological activ…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

The members of the committees are bound by an obligation of impartiality.They shall personally examine the matters submitted for their consideration and deliberate on them without regard to persons or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-10

The rules laid down in article 1078-9 shall not apply where a child who has consented to his own descendants being allotted in his stead subsequently himself makes, with the latter, a shared gift inco…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1251-1

May obtain from the public prosecutor a copy of the declaration for the purposes of safeguarding justice mentioned in the first paragraph of article 1251 or of the decision of the guardianship judge p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-1

I. - Credit institutions are required to make available to their customers and to the public, on paper or on another durable medium, the general terms and conditions and charges applicable to transact…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Validation of acquired experience

Article 212-167-1

Validation of experience is carried out by the jury defined in article A. 212-113.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-11

The list referred to in article R. 212-8 includes establishments that implement the general clauses of the specifications provided for in annex II-21 as well as the specific clauses provided for in th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-14

Establishments providing training for a specific environment participate, under the authority of the Director of Sport, in any body that he convenes relating to that environment.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-13

In the event of failure to comply with the obligations of the specifications mentioned in article A. 212-175-11, formal notice is sent to the establishment. The establishment has a maximum of one year…

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