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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-131

I. - Registration may be carried out or authorisation may be issued for a limited period depending on the nature of the nuclear activities carried out, the specific features of the establishment, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-9

…als according to the same procedures as the plenary assembly. The members of the standing committee may be consulted by any appropriate means enabling them to be identified and to participate effectiv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-5

…he shall, by specially reasoned order, refer the parties to a better court and invite, as the case may be, the creditor, the debtor or the judicial representative to refer the matter to the competent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-62

The National Fire and Rescue Services Conference may only deliberate if at least half of the members mentioned in a, b, c, d and g of article R. 1424-59 are present. If these conditions are not met, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1431-3

A local authority, a grouping of local authorities or a national public establishment may join a public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation, after it has been created, on a proposa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for medical students

Article D1511-54

…for in II of article L. 1511-8 of this code, allocated by the local authorities, alone or jointly, may not exceed the annual emoluments for the third year of boarding provided for in 1° of Article 10…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1711-4

The local committee may only validly deliberate on the twofold condition that the number of members present is at least equal to half that of the members in office and that at least three members havi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-18

…2223-17, where the plot is still in a state of abandonment, a new official report, drawn up by the mayor or his delegate, in the forms provided for by the articles R. 2223-13 and R. 2223-14, is notif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Commission instituted by article L. 2334-37.

Article R2334-32

…cation of 1° is obtained by dividing the number of eligible communes in the department by forty; it may not, however, be less than five or more than fifteen. If the number of eligible communes is less…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of sentences court

Article D49-36

…application under the conditions laid down by article D. 49-11. Failing this, the sentenced person may apply directly to the Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal, by registered letter or in ac…

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