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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 A

Calls for the application of a fine of €1,500, for each breach established per entity in respect of a financial year, or the increase provided for in b of 1 of article 1728 or article 1729, if the app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Renunciation.

Article 1339

…t names, profession and domicile of the successor, as well as the capacity by virtue of which he is called to the inheritance.The registry shall enter the declaration in a register kept for this purpo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 1559

…t and unless the entire dispute has been submitted to the ordinary law procedure, the case shall be called directly to a judgment hearing of the panel to which it has been distributed. The case may on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-14

…e social and economic committee of their establishment or, failing that, by the members of the team called upon to work in the establishment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-1

…ettles the affairs of the collectivity by its deliberations. It rules on all matters on which it is called upon to deliberate by laws and regulations and, generally, on all matters of interest to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-1

…ettles the affairs of the collectivity by its deliberations. It rules on all matters on which it is called upon to deliberate by laws and regulations and, generally, on all matters of interest to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-13

After the presentation of the report by the magistrate in charge, the judicial police officer may call witnesses whose names and addresses must have been given to the secretariat of the commission at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions of assignment for reservists

Article D3134-1

When the Minister for Health calls on the health reserve in application of I of article L. 3134-1, the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique may conclude an agreement with each or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-59

A doctor who is called urgently to a patient must, if the patient has to be seen again by his own doctor or another doctor, draw up a report of his intervention and prescriptions for his colleague, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4321-47-1

The Regional Council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel called upon to deliberate under the conditions provided for in I of article L. 4321-17-1. This panel is…

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