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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Management of the issue of health certificates and diplomas

Article D4383-6

The State may, by means of an agreement, entrust the Agence de services et de paiement with the management of the administrative and logistical operations required to issue health certificates and dip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: The right to support for young people towards employment and independence

Article L5131-6

The support referred to in article L. 5131-3 may also take the form of intensive support: the youth commitment contract, drawn up with the young person and tailored to his or her needs as identified d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-6

At least one tenth of the members of the body may apply to the courts for the appointment of one or more experts to submit a report on one or more management operations. For the purposes of calculatin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of prison sentences

Article 627-19

…he examination cannot be carried out immediately, the person is taken to the prison where he or she may not be held for more than twenty-four hours. On expiry of this period, he or she will be brought…

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

Article L3211-6

…is caring for needs protection in the acts of civil life, for one of the reasons set out in article 425 of the Civil Code, may make a declaration to the public prosecutor at the place of treatment. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-6

…d by a general officer of the marine officer corps. The battalion commander has deputies to whom he may delegate his signature within the limits of their respective attributions. The Marseille marine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-4

…most detailed subdivision of the nomenclatures defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 71-111-4, supplemented, for operations, by the operation number.The chapters entitled "Unforeseen expen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-6

…and industry. However, a regional chamber of commerce and industry encompassing two or more regions may be created by decree. Its registered office is determined by the decree of creation after receiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-6

The grouping referred to in article L. 6122-1 consists of bringing together in one place all or some of the care activities previously authorised on separate sites within the same region or spread acr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of salary.

Article L7422-6

…ng similar work in workshops in the region or in similar regions. The hourly rate of pay thus fixed may be revised either automatically or at the request of the employers or workers concerned, where c…

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