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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-23

If they are unable to attend, the members of the committee referred to in Article L. 2531-12 may be represented. The presidents of the regional council and the departmental councils are replaced by a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-24

…t of this notification to the platform, to the representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12 and, in the cases provided for in the second and fourth paragraphs of II of Article R. 7545-21 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

I.-A.-Early access authorisations granted under article L. 5121-12 are subject to compliance with a therapeutic use and data collection protocol defined by the Haute Autorité de santé. The protocol is…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article R432-4

…in articles 222-34 to 222-40, 224-1-A to 224-1-C, 225-4-1 to 225-4-4, 225-4-7, 225-5 to 225-11, 225-12-1 and 225-12-2, 225-12-5 to 225-12-7, 225-13 to 225-15, 7° of article 311-4 and articles 312-12-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L1143-6

…struct a mediator, under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter I of title II of law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and to civil, criminal and adminis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 septies

…n Articles 72 and 73 of Annex III to this code, taken in application of Article 52 of the law of 28 February 1934, are subject to value added tax at the rate of 2.1% in the departments of mainland Fra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

…authority of French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in Article 34 of the Organic Law of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. An agreement between the State and Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-4

…ws, ordinances and decrees passed before the entry into force of the Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and institutional provisions relating to overseas France in matters falli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-13

…ial procedure for identifying deceased persons, provided for by Article 1 of Decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 relating to the conditions for approval of persons authorised to carry out genetic fin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-8

…ing with commercial matters or by those of the mixed commercial courts.The fees applicable until 29 February 2024 are those provided for in this section.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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