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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6361-4

For budgets voted by nature, the budget item corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by joint order of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Overseas France…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-11

Decrees shall, where necessary, lay down the detailed rules for the application of this section and in particular those necessary to adapt the foregoing provisions to the rules specific to the various…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-30

I.-Reception establishments and services shall draw up operating rules setting out the terms and conditions for the organisation and operation of the establishment or service, and in particular: 1° Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-15

…il 2016 and in Articles 104 and 105 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 may be exercised by contacting the Head of the National Forensic Science Service of the Ministry of the Interior. III. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-93

…the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact with the victim or the civil party, or the obligation to refrain from entering into contact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-87

…the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact with the victim or the civil party, or the obligation to refrain from entering into contact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the single authority serving as a contact point for receiving requests for exchanges of information or cooperation from the authorities of other Member Sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-1

…y decree.Within the framework of the programmes or actions defined in article L. 1161-3, any direct contact between a patient and their family and a company involved in the exploitation of a medicinal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-38

…informed the Office, within a reasonable time, of their place of residence or address and cannot be contacted for the purposes of examining their asylum application.

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