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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-15

The Grand Customary Council may be consulted by the Assembly of French Guyana or its president, by the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council, as well as by the State represen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 118

…criminal charge is to be substituted for the charge initially brought. In the absence of this notification, the provisions of Article 181 may not be applied.If the person was remanded in custody, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals staying as au pairs

Article R426-15

…permit for a period equal to that of the new agreement. The total period of residence on this basis may not exceed two years..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibited and regulated work for young people aged at least fifteen and under eighteen

Article D4153-15

…o Article L. 4153-8 and, subject to the provisions of Article D. 4153-21, the prohibited work which may be exempted pursuant to Article L. 4153-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-15

The following may obtain, online or by written request to the directorate mentioned in Article A. 762-14, of the automated processing data concerning them: 1° The operator of a registered exhibition c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-15

…5-1-1 or L. 325-1-2 of the Highway Code and who has subsequently been acquitted by a final decision may, in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article L. If the acquittal decision…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offer and acceptance

Article 1118

…on to be bound by the terms of the offer. As long as the acceptance has not reached the offeror, it may be freely retracted, provided that the retraction reaches the offeror before the acceptance. An…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2542-15

The fabriques of churches and consistories alone enjoy the right to provide carriages, hangings, ornaments, and generally to make any supplies whatsoever necessary for burials and for the decency or p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-159

Natural or legal persons practising as commercial court clerks may not hold, either directly or indirectly, shares or corporate units in a société de participation financière de profession libérale d'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-154

The authorisation holder organises continuity of care for hospitalised patients by guaranteeing the intervention of a doctor within a timeframe compatible with the safety of care. This organisation ma…

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