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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-29

The professionals of the medical and psychological emergency unit intervene under conditions laid down by an agreement between the establishment to which they are attached and the health establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

…or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Assumption of commissions payable by beneficiaries of loan guarantees (R)

Article R1511-28

In all cases, the lender must inform the borrower, before the loan agreement is signed, of the terms and conditions of the involvement of the local authorities or their groupings and in particular tho…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2444

…gistrations, whenever this failure to publish does not result from a refusal or rejection decision; 2° The omission, in the certificates issued by the services responsible for land registration, of on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations.

Article L5215-28

…of ownership and of the rights and obligations attached to the transferred assets is effected by amicable agreement. Failing an amicable agreement, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after the opi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Accessibility of workplaces for disabled workers

Article R4214-28

…ocedures for ensuring accessibility to workplaces, in particular with regard to horizontal and vertical circulation, doors and internal locks, floor and wall coverings, lighting and information system…

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

Article L531-29

…accelerated procedure, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons will carry out an individual examination of each application in compliance with the procedural guarantees…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R212-28

Each year, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée draws up a list of approved programming groups and agreements as well as the cinemas that are members.Any interested part…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2448

…n to the preceding paragraph, a written computer document may take the place of a register; in this case, it must be identified, numbered and dated as soon as it is drawn up by means offering every gu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-29

Authorised officers may carry out seizures without judicial authorisation in the case of flagrante delicto falsification or when they concern: 1° Products found to be falsified, corrupted or toxic; 2°…

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