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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-7

When the judicial authorities consider that the mental state of a person who has benefited, on the basis of the first paragraph of article 122-1 of the French Criminal Code, from a decision to discont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11-1

In order to promote their recovery, rehabilitation or social reintegration or if external measures are necessary, persons undergoing psychiatric care in application of Chapters II and III of this Titl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3341-2

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Proceedings on referral from the criminal court

Article 847

When, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Code of Criminal Procedure, a case has been referred to the judicial court for a ruling, in application of the rules o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1 A: Steering policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities

Article L5214-1 B

A multi-year agreement on objectives and resources is signed between the State, the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1, the association responsible for managing the fund for the professional i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

A commune may be authorised by the State representative in the department, after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for intercommunal cooperation meeting in the formation provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-26

I. - Pursuant to article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 referred to in II of article R. 613-25, the judicial representative shall notify known creditors that they are required to declare…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-10

The tasks assigned to the National Commission may be carried out by six sub-commissions: 1° The sub-committee on conventions and agreements, with regard to 2° to 4° of article L. 2271-1, and subject t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Conditions for accreditation of practitioners performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-37

I. - Approval for the practitioners mentioned in Article L. 2131-4-2 is granted by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine for a period of five years. II - The application for approval mu…

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