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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-3

If an appeal has been lodged on the basis of article L. 3211-12-1, the liberty and custody judge hearing the case may make the same decision in accordance with the procedure laid down in the same arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-5

The file initially sent by the applicant may include only the first part of the application as defined in Article R. 761-12-1. In this case, the provisions of Article R. 761-12-2 only apply to the fir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-9

Before ruling on an application that raises a new question of law, presents a serious difficulty and arises in numerous disputes, the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant may, by a decisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-99

…implementation, shall be made public in accordance with Article 435(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.Finance companies are required to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-14

The application for renewal of a parallel import authorisation must be accompanied, where appropriate, by a list of changes that have occurred since the initial authorisation or the last renewal was i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-6

…The annual activity report constitutes a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the activity; 9° The association's annual accounts approved at the last general meeting and, where applicable, all…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-9

…s of 2° of article L. 2331-6 and those of 7° of article L. 2331-8 will come into force as from the 1997 financial year for fixed assets acquired as from 1 January 1996. For financial years prior to 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-12

…f Article 706-53-2, informing the person and providing the document provided for in Article R. 53-8-9 are made by the investigating judge who orders the entry in the file, even if the supervision meas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R3123-9

…1221-12 to R. 1221-22-1, and if the training comes under the directory defined in article R. 1221-9-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R4135-9

…1221-12 to R. 1221-22-1, and if the training falls within the directory defined in article R. 1221-9-1.

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