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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-2

…y be created in place of contiguous communes:1° Either at the request of all the municipal councils;2° Or at the request of at least two-thirds of the municipal councils of the communes that are membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-2

…uirements of the public service lead the local authority to impose particular operating constraints;2° When the operation of the public service requires the implementation of investments which, due to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-2

…ndication of: 1° The precise description of the assets, rights and contracts included in the offer; 2° Business and financing forecasts; 3° The price offered, the terms of payment, the status of the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preparation of dossiers

Article R1261-21

I.-For the activities referred to in 2°, 3°, 4° and 6° of the I of article R. 1261-17, the project sponsor must send the head of the body's host structure a file describing the project by any means th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments providing family information, advice or counselling

Article R2311-2

…of any proof of identity; b) In the case of a legal entity, a copy of its articles of association; 2° The address and contact details of the establishment; 3° A document specifying the objectives of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-2

…orial scope of the integration company's activities, if these extend beyond the departmental level; 2° A presentation of the staff, material and financial resources mobilised to implement the structur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

…make this inventory available to the agents mentioned in article L. 1333-29 and article L. 5412-1 ; 2° To define and implement an organisation designed to ensure that the maintenance and internal or e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-205

…(Social Action and Family Code) working with the patient prior to admission to home hospital care; 2° When the home autonomy service mentioned in 1° of Article L. 313-1-3 of the Code de l'action soci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-3

The training provided for in Article L. 225-30-2 and Article L. 225-23 ensures that directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and to directors elected by e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-5

As stated in Article 511-7 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The fact of removing organs or transplanting organs, removing tissues or cells, transplanting tissues or administering cell therapy…

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