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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Compensation for damage caused by compulsory vaccination

Article R3111-31

The Office will issue a reasoned decision: 1° On the compulsory nature of the vaccination ; 2° Where applicable, on the existence of a causal link between the damage suffered by the victim and the vac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-31

Each mandate, whether judicial or amicable, received by the court-appointed administrator or the judicial representative is entered in chronological order of arrival at the firm in a register mentioni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-31

The General Meeting elects for four years two censors chosen from among the natural persons who are members of the company and who are responsible for subsequently reporting to the General Meeting on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R917-31

…s: "At the time of each general renewal, the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts shall, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles L. 713-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-31

…d for in II of Article D. 123-80-1 shall be transmitted in image format for the results of the reprocessing of the information contained in the registrations, deeds and documents. These files comply w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-31

In the case provided for in article R. 2223-13, when the mayor or his delegate goes to the cemetery to note the abandoned state of a plot, he may be accompanied by the police commissioner or, in the l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-31

The committee draws up its own rules of procedure. These are approved by the minister responsible for local authorities.The minister responsible for cities and the minister for the interior or their r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-31

…itions provided for in Article L. 3121-67 of the French Labour Code, or in the event of an equivalence scheme introduced under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 3121-13 to L. 3121-15 of the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

…unicipal and counted separately, of the Corsican local authority, as it results from the last known census on the date of production of the budget documents; b) Real operating expenditure refers to al…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-31

…ng, no candidate has obtained an absolute majority, a third round is held and the election takes place by relative majority. In the event of a tie, the oldest candidate is declared elected.

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