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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractitioners (R).

Article D2223-128

The national jury decides on the test subjects.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractitioners (R).

Article D2223-125

…g. Only candidates who have completed the entire theoretical training as defined in article D. 2223-122.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to victims and civil parties

Article D594-12

…in particular of the receipt for the lodging of a complaint given to him or her pursuant to Article 15-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-12

I. The purpose of the professional training referred to in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 and the ongoing training referred to in article R. 519-11-3 is to enable intermediaries to acquire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-12

…pplication for registration, the savings and provident institution declares, pursuant to Article R. 123-62, as regards the legal entity: 1° Its name followed, where applicable, by its acronym;2° The a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Local commissions for liberal professions.

Article R6154-12

…érale are appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.The commission comprises :1° One member of the Departmental Medical Council, who does not practise in the establishment and ha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-2

…riginal of the marriage contract and shall no longer issue any copy or extract thereof without reproducing this mention.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: The individual retirement savings plan

Article R224-13

When the individual retirement savings plan gives rise to the opening of an associated cash account, the manager shall credit the cash account with the payments made by the account holder, the amount…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-12

…lth agencies or the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, any additional information they may have on cases they have reported and on cases that h…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction in the number of candidates

Article R3123-13

…er indicated in the consultation documents, the concession-granting authority may continue the procedure with the selected candidate or candidates only.

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