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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: 1° In article R. 2141-2, in 2°, the words: "if they have not already been under the conditions defined in article R. 2141-4," and, in 3°, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6242-2

The specifications mentioned in article D. 6242-1 defines the overall architecture of the remote transmission chain for acts subject to legality control as well as the characteristics required for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6342-2

The specifications mentioned in article D. 6342-1 defines the overall architecture of the remote transmission chain for acts subject to legality control, as well as the characteristics required for th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article D4632-2

…lready have or are planning to set up a joint social service and have, in application of article R. 2323-33, set up an inter-company committee to manage it, the latter shall draw up an annual report o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Skills of agents

Article R8112-2

The role of the labour inspector is to provide advice and conciliation with a view to preventing and settling disputes.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…welcome into French citizenship for the persons residing in the department referred to in articles 21-2, 21-11, 21-12, 21-13-1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as wel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-2

…m the provisions of Book I of the Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique and Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Code de l'environnement, when a minor modification to one or more o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-2

…igating judge, or the court hearing the case decide to use, for the operations mentioned in article 230-1, to State resources covered by national defence secrecy, the written requisition must be sent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22-2

…al councils following their creation, new municipalities whose creation order has been issued as of 2 January 2022 benefit, in respect of each of the parts of the special allocation provided for in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-26-2

For the implementation of the tasks provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 4424-26-1, the Office is competent to carry out, on behalf of the territorial collectivity of Corsica or any publ…

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