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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-8

…isk of fire, the antenatal clinic must have : 1° Water stations ; 2° Sufficient fire extinguishers; 3° a rapid call system to the nearest fire station. The construction and layout of the premises must…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for the fungibility of appropriations

Article L1434-8

…the regional health agencies and which correspond to the expenditure targets defined in articles L. 314-3 and L. 314-3-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles (Social Action and Family Code)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 1243-8 and L. 1245-8, is applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the following adaptations:1° Article L. 1241-1 is applicable the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Exemptions

Article 845

…ecurity for savings loans for manual workers provided for in the second paragraph of III of Article 80, as amended, of the loi n° 76-1232 du 29 décembre 1976. 3° Deeds for special construction loans d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Investigations

Article 880

Where the movement of a lawyer or a person approved pursuant to article 879 appears materially impossible, the powers vested in the lawyer by the articles 63-4 to 63-4-3 may be exercised by a person c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-6

Decisions to refuse, suspend or withdraw the authorisation referred to in articles R. 15-6-4 and R. 15-6-5 may be appealed under the conditions set out in Articles 16-1 à 16-3.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Extracts of deeds

Article 860

…by the competent State authority. For the deeds referred to in the first paragraph of I of Article 647, the two copies of the extract shall be submitted, on pain of refusal to file, to the service re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-8

In the event of an emergency, devices are available to cut off the power supply to circuits or groups of circuits in the event of an unexpected danger of electric shock, fire or explosion.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 C

…ion of an extension of time; 2° For the publication of each summons valid as a seizure of property; 3° For the mention of the summons and the denunciations provided for in Article R. 322-9 of the Code…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-89

For the application of 2° of article L. 228-99, where there are securities giving access to the capital, the company making the distribution of reserves, in cash or in kind, or of share premiums, shal…

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