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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-6

The regional cooperation funds set up respectively for Guadeloupe, La Réunion and Mayotte are funded by State appropriations and may receive allocations from the département, the region, any other pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules specific to the drawing of lots

Article D1411-58-6

When the draw provided for in II of Article L. 1411-5-2 is carried out, it shall be made by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the presence of a representative of the Minister for Health, no l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-6

The authorisation holder ensures that patients have access to innovative treatments and clinical trials, either on its own or by referring them to other health establishments which hold the cancer tre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Expenditure the allocation and payment of which may be entrusted to a body with a public accounting officer

Article D1611-26-1

In application of the fifth paragraph of II of article L. 1611-7, local authorities and their public establishments may entrust a body with a public accountant with the allocation and payment of expen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-2

The claim shall be brought, at the option of the claimant, either before the court of the place where the defendant resides or before the court of the place where the obligation is performed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Consent to medically assisted procreation

Article 1157-2

…ssisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, as provided for in article 342-10 of the Civil Code , consents to this by declaration before a notary. For couples, this declarat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-2

The application form for a European order for payment is delivered or sent by post to the court registry.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-2

…tion mission, he appoints a judicial conciliator for this purpose, sets the duration of his mission and indicates the date on which the case will be recalled. The initial duration of the assignment ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-2

The provisions of articles L. 2143-1 and L. 2143-2 relating to the conditions of appointment of the trade union delegate, those of articles L. 2143-7 to L. 2143-10 and of the second and third paragrap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13-2

…sification provision referred to in Article R. 343-3, the requirement referred to in Article R. 334-13 is set at 1% of the said provision. For the application of article R. 334-13-1, management expens…

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