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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…etence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and referral to the criminal court

Article D45-2-1

…to the court clerk's office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt received at least 24 hours before the date of the hearing. If the property had been placed in legal custody, the perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-2

…r consent at any time.The approved practitioner mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2131-24 informs the multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre of the decision taken by the couple or th…

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

Article 2-3

…hable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-2, 227-15 to 227-27-1 of the Criminal Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-4

The Board of Directors deliberates in particular on :1° The establishment's strategic guidelines ;2° The initial budget and amending budgets, as well as the financial statements and the allocation of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-7

…very conspicuous characters, of articles…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-67

…isions of the second paragraph of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-13

…cutive Council. The strategy and guidelines envisaged, in particular in application of article L. 4424-11, are the subject of a debate, prior to this preparation, within the Assembly of Corsica. The S…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-39

The Board of Directors comprises :1° Seven representatives of the State:a) The Director of Sport and two other representatives of the Minister for Sport;b) A representative of the Minister for the Sea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

As stated in Article 511-19 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:Art. 511-19.-I.-The fact of carrying out a study or research on the human embryo:1° Without having first obtained the written consent…

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