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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-4

I.- When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency becomes aware of a breach of the obligations laid down in this chapter by an establishment providing a public hospital service, he will noti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-30

If the judge considers that he has insufficient information on points that can be clarified by a visit to the premises or if it appears to him that the parties' claims differ on such points, he shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-34

A creditor's objection to the cross-border merger, under the conditions provided for by Article L. 236-15, shall be lodged within three months of the last publication or the making available to the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-1

I. - Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the syndicats mixtes mentioned in Article L. 5721-2 are subject to the provisions of Book III of Part Two applicable to communes with between 3,500 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-1

Mixed unions made up exclusively of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and those made up solely of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are subject to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information

Article L7122-20

At least twelve days before the meeting of the Assembly of French Guyana, the President shall send the councillors a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters that must be submitted to them.The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
b) Forensic medicine

Article R117

Each doctor or nurse regularly required or commissioned receives remuneration or fees calculated by reference to the conventional fee rates set on the basis of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Securi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-6

For the application of the provisions of Article 64-1 relating to the audiovisual recording of the questioning of a person held in police custody for a crime, account shall be taken of the nature of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-3

The general rapporteur and the deputy general rapporteur(s) are appointed for four years, from among members of the Conseil d'Etat, magistrates, category A civil servants and persons who can provide e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-27

The representatives of the territorial or regional chambers of commerce and industry other than the chairmen, who are ex officio members, are elected for five years. However, if their chamber is put u…

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