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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-13

Every year, each health centre management body sends the Director General of the Regional Health Agency information relating to the activities and operating and management characteristics of the healt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-136-1

When the registrar has entered in the register a request to regularise the file in application of article R. 123-125-1, he shall automatically strike off the name of the person who has not regularised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-13-1

When a commercial agent has assigned to his professional activity assets separate from his personal assets pursuant to the provisions of article L. 526-6, and transfers his domicile within the meaning…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-13

For the application of

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-13

The approved budget and administrative accounts are made public.The place where they are made available to the public is the local authority's town hall.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-13

The approved budget and administrative accounts are made public.The place where they are made available to the public is the local authority's town hall.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-4

I. - Any public authority that owns land located within the close protection perimeters of water extraction points intended for human consumption and that intends to prescribe land use methods to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-2

The easements relating to the protection perimeters mentioned in article L. 1321-2 are appended to the local town planning scheme under the conditions defined in article L. 153-60 of the town planning…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-13

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must communicate their written observations to each other, send them to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-13

When making the declaration referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 23-112-12, the employee trade union organisation shall notify the employer or employers of the employee or employees it des…

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