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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVI: Procedure applicable in the event of pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships and damage to maritime cultural property

Article D47-13-1

In application of the provisions of Article 706-107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts and the court of first instance designated in the table below are competent to hear, in the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules specific to reappointment

Article R1411-58-13

At the time of renewal of each of the Boards of Directors mentioned in Article L. 1411-5-2, the persons called upon to take part in an appointment, who wish to renew the term of office of one or more…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Population of the municipality.

Article D2573-13-1

…ng in the commune in question;C = four times the number of housing units under construction, i.e. located in a building for which the foundations have begun to be poured,its population figures may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Population of the municipality.

Article D2573-13-2

…a municipality has undergone a variation in accordance with the formula set out in article R. 2573-13-1, an order of the Minister for Overseas France, issued after consultation with the Minister for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Population of the municipality.

Article D2573-13-3

The supplementary census and fictitious population allocation operations provided for in articles D. 2573-13-1 and D. 2573-13-2 shall be carried out simultaneously.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-2

French nationality may be claimed at the age of majority, by declaration made to the administrative authority pursuant to articles 26 to 26-5, persons who have been habitually resident on French terri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-13

…rise written eligibility tests and oral admission tests based on the syllabus set out in Appendix 3-4 to this book. The Conseil des maisons de vente provides the secretariat for the jury.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article R4322-13

If requests for exemption from all or part of the schooling, clinical placements and qualifying examinations mentioned in article D. 4322-4 are not acted upon for more than four months, they will be d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-13

For the application of article R. 1336-4 in Mayotte, the references to articles L. 4111-1 and L. 4111-3 of the Labour Code are replaced by the reference to article L. 233-1 of the Mayotte Labour Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-2

Where the spouses designate the law applicable to their matrimonial property regime by virtue of the Convention on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes, done at The Hague on 14 March 197…

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