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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1311-9

The needs of the State mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1311-19 are those of justice, national defence, the national police, the national gendarmerie and civil security.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes.

Article R6123-127

The conditions for setting up the activities mentioned in 19° of article R. 6122-25 are set out in Title III of Book I of Part One of this Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Accountant.

Article D6145-54-3

The provisions of articles D. 1611-1, D. 1617-19, D. 1617-21 and D. 1617-23 of the General Local Authorities Code are applicable to public health establishments.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-11

…articles L. 111-19 et L. 111-20 du code de l'urbanisme.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-21

…articles L. 115-19 and L. 115-20 may not be pronounced before the expiry of a p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-7

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-20

Subject to the specific provisions of this section, the appeals referred to in article R. 411-19 shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-32

The authorisation lapses if the body has not taken out the insurance mentioned in Article D. 1611-19 and opened the account provided for in article D. 1611-21.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-14

The provisions of articles R. 5211-15, R. 5211-17, R. 5211-19 and R. 5211-20 are applicable to in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…t of judgments in civil and commercial matters;- Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, r…

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