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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-4-1

In the areas of competence of the overseas department, the president of the departmental council may, for the duration of his term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specify…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-7

1° In the interests of patients or for any other public health reason and, where appropriate, at the request of the Minister for Health, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du méd…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L2123-25-2

Elected municipal officials are affiliated to the general social security scheme under the conditions defined in article L. 382-31 of the Social Security Code. The contributions of the communes and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D2123-23-2

When the waiting period stipulated by the social security scheme to which the elected municipal official belongs for the payment of daily allowances is longer than the 15-day period set out in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-6

An establishment known as a "kindergarten" is authorised to accommodate between twelve and eighty children aged two or over at any one time, with a view to facilitating their integration into primary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-22

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose includes the fight against slavery, human trafficking, procuring or social a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-4

The order of the liberty and custody judge made pursuant to articles L. 3211-12 , L. 3211-12-1 or L. 3222-5-1 may be appealed before the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate. The deb…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings conducted by the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-42

When conducting investigations in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 696-114, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is assisted by a court clerk under the same conditions as the invest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-17

Within the two-month period referred to in articles R. 752-44-15 and R. 752-44-16, the prefect: 1° May ask the project developer for any explanations relating to the conformity of the commercial devel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-4

I.- Biological processes included on the list referred to in Article L. 2141-1 shall be reassessed by the Agence de la biomédecine in the light of the criteria referred to in Article R. 2141-1-1 and t…

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