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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime.

Article R2124-3

The formal notice sent by the prefect to the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, in the cases provided for in article L. 2124-3, may be made either by lette…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma.

Article D4332-3

…me and course of study ; 2° The conditions for admission of students to the first year of training; 3° The conditions for access to studies leading to the State diploma, the admission procedures and t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate one or more of the classes referred to in 20 to 28 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 356

The court and the jury shall deliberate, and then vote, by written ballot and by separate and successive votes, on the principal fact first, and if necessary, on the grounds of criminal irresponsibili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Return visit

Article R4624-32

…ng any recommendations made by the occupational physician during the pre-reinstatement examination; 3° To recommend the adaptation or adaptation of the workstation or the redeployment of the employee;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-42

The operating section is presented in accordance with the following functional groups: 1° Expenditure : Group 1: personnel expenses. Group 2: general operating expenses. Group 3: depreciation, provisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Facilities and services managed by the network's establishments under public service delegations.

Article R712-35

…owing, in particular, the conditions for balanced operation; 2° A multiannual investment programme; 3° Indicators in terms of prudential debt ratios and the level of the operator's working capital ena…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article D1424-32-2

The provisions of article D. 3311-4 with the exception of the sixth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth paragraphs, the articles D. 3311-5, D. 3321-1 and D. 3321-2, D. 3332-3 et D. 3342…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-3

…of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10 or in respect of a person mentioned in 3° to 6° of I of Article L. 613-34 under Section 4 of this chapter; 2° When they are taken by the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-3

The société de participations financières de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine is formed subject to the condition precedent that it is entered on the register of the relevant section of th…

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