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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-13

…be elected is that which results from the total number of staff in the establishments concerned on 31st March of the year preceding the creation of the new establishment. As soon as the results of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-6

…fic regional perinatal schemes, of birthing centres under the conditions set out in article R. 6323-31. As part of their remit, the specific regional schemes may, where necessary, involve other health…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…ct of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation allowance d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-56

…ts d'outre-mer and the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, under the conditions set out in Article L. 631-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 3° L'Autorité des marchés financiers; 4° Le fonds de garant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 A

…ts, deposits and guarantees, with the exception of those due in respect of loans taken out before 1 March 2010 or taken out on or after that date but treated in the same way as the latter, as well as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…ful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the condition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article L551-1

…of the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, the Autorité des marchés financiers may request any documents, in any medium, in order to ensure that the proposals r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-5

…ree coordinating the social security schemes provided for in article 25 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte.Expenses relating to minors and those…

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

Article D2311-16

I. - Pursuant to article L. 2311-1-2, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system submits an annual report to the municipal council or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article D5842-3

…211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - For the application of Article R…

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