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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-12

The commission shall decide any questions that may arise, apart from any complaints, from the counting of the ballot papers, shall make any necessary rectifications and shall proclaim the results in p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-12

…ligible to file an application concerning one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 as long as a previous application relating to the same measure has not been decided by the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-12

…egion's actions with those of the State and its public establishments, a coordination committee is set up comprising the regional prefect or his representative, the chairman of the agency's board of d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article R4733-12

In application of article L. 4733-8, the Labour Inspection inspector mentioned in article L. 8112-1 may propose to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Levy on fixed-income investment income and income from European capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125 D

…ticle 1417, is equal to or greater than the amounts mentioned in the last paragraph of I of article 125 A and who benefit from income or products listed in the same I or from products and gains mentio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L771-12

…overed by article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, in Saint-Martin, and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer shall exercise, in liaison with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-12

…ich is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may only allow the practice of the profession of nurse insofar as the French State diploma itself al…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions, declarations and notifications

Article R3512-12

I.-The studies mentioned in II of Article L. 3512-17 are intended to examine, for each additive, whether it : 1° Contributes to the toxicity or addictive effect of the products in question and whether…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-5

…hire, with or without a promise to sell, or any other form of distribution.Persons whose liability may be sought on the basis of articles 1792 à 1792-6 and 1646-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-12

…bt on the conformity of the product to the requirements in force relating to consumer health and safety or to the general safety obligation defined in article L. 421-3 and that the person responsible…

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