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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…at least half of the communes located in a mountain area delimited pursuant to article 3 de la loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne ou regroupant…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-90-1

For the exercise of all or part of the activities in the functions mentioned in article L. 212-1, the declarant's professional qualification, certified in accordance with 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article L440-1

I.-The Commission for the Examination of Commercial Practices is made up of a Member of Parliament and a Senator appointed by the standing committees of their respective assemblies responsible for com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and tasks

Article R1112-80

I.-The Commission ensures that users' rights are respected and facilitates their procedures. To this end, all complaints and claims addressed to the health care institution by users or their relatives…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279

…ns taken out by customers in order to receive the television services mentioned in article 2 of law n° 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.b nonies. Admission fees for cu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…y also benefits from the special financial resources available to the Corsican region under the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences et de ce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5211-40

As part of the procedure for the EC declaration of conformity, a full quality assurance system, the manufacturer must submit to an approved body for verification the quality system which he has set up…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-5

The following foreign nationals are exempt from signing the Republican Integration Contract provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 413-2: 1° A temporary residence permit bearing the wordin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

The Office national d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales (National Office for Compensation for Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Diseases and No…

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