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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-71

…opolitan fire and rescue service is administered by a board of directors made up of representatives:1° From the Rhône department, the communes and the public establishments for inter-communal cooperat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-72

…embers and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with Article L. 1424-26.The seats are distributed between:1° The Rhône department;2° The communes and public establi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Crimes and offences against the fundamental interests of the Nation

Article 701

…and to request for this purpose the investigating judge at his seat. The provisions of articles 698-1 to 698-5 then apply. He must relinquish jurisdiction or request that the examining magistrate reli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-7

1° In the interests of patients or for any other public health reason and, where appropriate, at the request of the Minister for Health, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du méd…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-7

…pters II to IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of this Code or ordered in application ofarticle 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, may be subject to the presence of a doctor designated by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The amicable settlement hearing

Article 774-3

…sisted by their lawyer.In other cases, they may be assisted under the conditions set out in article 762.The hearing is held in chambers, without the presence of the registry, in accordance with the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…imposed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6, withdraw all or part of the sentence reductions from which he or she has benefited and order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-7

Each list is awarded as many elected representatives as the number of votes it has obtained contains times the electoral quotient. The electoral quotient is equal to the total number of votes obtained…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Apprehension in the hands of a third party

Article R222-7

…required to deliver or return the property. Under penalty of nullity, this summons shall contain : 1° A copy of the enforceable title under which the surrender is required and, in the case of a judge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-71

…he Initiative-Emploi contract may be suspended, at the employee's request, to enable him or her to: 1° With the agreement of the employer, to complete a period of work experience in a professional env…

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