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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Elections and operation of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4124-4

In addition to the Chairman, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance shall comprise :1. An equal number of full members and alternate members elected for three years by the Regional or Inter-Region…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 485

…ction measure under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in sections 1 to 4 of this chapter. Where the implementation of the mandate does not enable the person's personal or…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XV: The tax, customs and foreign exchange litigation committee.

Article 460

…up, under the chairmanship of a Conseiller d'Etat, of conseillers d'Etat, conseillers à la Cour de cassation and conseillers maîtres à la Cour des Comptes, chosen from among these magistrates and the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-46

…ten employees within the same thirty-day period. Where the company has staff representatives, notification is made at the earliest the day after the date scheduled for the first meeting provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-49

…d the information intended for the staff representatives mentioned in article L. 1233-31 are communicated to the administrative authority at the same time as the notification of the redundancy project…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-48

All the information provided to the employee representatives when they are called to the meetings provided for in Articles L. 1233-29 and L. 1233-30 is sent simultaneously to the administrative author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Revenue from the operating section

Article L2573-43

I. - Articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III, IV and V.II. - For its application to the communes of French…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 46

…or where they have been lost, proof shall be received both by titles and by witnesses; and, in such cases, marriages, births and deaths may be proved both by the registers and papers emanating from de…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Customs presentation of products subject to certain movement restrictions in trade with other Member States of the European Community.

Article 468

Where a customs presentation is required for the goods referred to in Article 38(4) and (5), the customs service shall carry out the inspection of these goods in the presence of the holder.If the hold…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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