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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-65

…n allocated, in respect of the transfer of responsibility for school transport, to the départements and to the authorities responsible for the organisation of urban transport and the rules applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-66

…tion entitlement of each of the competent authorities in each department, account shall be taken of and distinguished, subject to articles R. 1614-69 et R. 1614-70, the expenditure borne by the State…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article R713-6

Decisions made pursuant to articles L. 761-1 and L. 761-2 are subject to appeal.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

I. - Article R. 5211-19, with the exception of the second paragraph, a, b and c, Article R. 5211-20, Articles R. 5211-22 to R. 5211-33, Article R. 5211-35, Article R. 5211-36, with the exception of it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-62

…transfer, other than that for which he was transferred, unless he is in one of the following cases: 1° Having had the opportunity to do so, he or she has not left the national territory within forty-f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-6

For the purposes of the third paragraph of I of article L. 141-7, the main provisions of the group insurance contract are as follows: 1° The definition of the cover offered ; 2° The term of the contra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Regional cooperation

Article R7153-6

An agreement between the State, represented jointly by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Overseas Territories, and the territorial collectivity of French Guiana determin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to potential situations of exposure to an orphan radioactive source

Article R4451-60

…n establishments such as facilities for the recovery or recycling of metals, incineration centres, landfill sites and places characterised by large flows of transport and movement of goods, where orph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-6

The bodies listed in Article D. 5427-4 are subject to audits by the Inspectorate General of Finances and by the accountants of the Directorate General of Public Finances. The latter will close the fun…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

May be naturalised without a probationary period condition: 1° (Paragraph repealed); 2° (Paragraph repealed); 3° (Paragraph repealed); 4°A foreigner who has actually performed military services in a u…

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