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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-99

The centre's accounting officer is the Receiver General of Finances for Paris.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…rticle 24 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This letter shall include the information provided for in the penult…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R80-1

The provisions of article R. 77 are applicable for the establishment of bulletin n° 2.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article R161-1

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-3

…wording prior to Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017,is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the following adaptations:1° The first paragrap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B

…it was planted, by decision of the departmental and regional councils, in respect of the share allocated respectively to each of the communities concerned. To benefit from this exemption, before 1 Ja…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reverse split of shares not admitted to trading on a regulated market.

Article R228-28

…of the manager or the Board of Directors in a special report to the General Meeting; they shall indicate whether the proposed price appears to them to be real and serious and whether the commitments m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency

Article L162-2

…r coins is obliged to hand them in or have them handed in to the Banque de France or the Monnaie de Paris, depending on whether the banknotes or coins are counterfeit or falsified. The Banque de Franc…

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

Article L3213-10

For the application of this chapter in Paris, the representative of the State in the department is the Prefect of Police.

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