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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-18

…the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in Articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 and L. 4433-16 are deducted from the remaining 15% of the special assistance referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-18

…the authorisation holder to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, no later than six months before its expiry date. Any renewal of authorisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-18

…nted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in the articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the Penal Code committed in the course of a professional activity, where the public prosecutio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-12

…for him or her in the event of impediment as provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 722-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-18

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-9

…f article L. 232-9 and in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 232-10, to seek evidence and identify the perpetrators and accomplices, investigators may, with the written authorisation of the Secretary General…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1182

Confirmation is the act by which the person who could rely on nullity waives it. This act mentions the subject-matter of the obligation and the defect affecting the contract. Confirmation can only tak…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1132

…nd is accompanied by an agreement on the consequences of the divorce. Under the same sanction, the petition and the agreement are dated and signed by each of the spouses and their lawyer.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-12

…nsultation with the "sport and entertainment" professional advisory committee under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the French Labour Code:either by an order of the minister responsibl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic voting procedures

Article R2314-18

…the Minister for Labour, issued after consultation with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), sets out the practical arrangements for implementing electronic voting.

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