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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-3

For the application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-5, and by way of derogation from Article R. 561-5-2, when the measures provided for in 1° to 3° of Article R. 561-5-1 cannot be implemented: 1° The per…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 quinquies

…n terms of availability and initial and ongoing training, and which confers on them the status of occasional collaborators in the public service. The contract specifies the duration of the assignment,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Conditions and implementation

Article R511-5

…ision or the terms and conditions of its enforcement in the light of an adversarial debate. In this case, he sets the date for the hearing, without prejudice to the debtor's right to bring the matter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article R612-5

…tcome of the mediation shall take place, at the latest, within ninety days of the date of the notification referred to in Article R. 612-2. The mediator may extend this period at any time in the event…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-57

Under the authority of the chairman of the board of directors, the director of the public interdepartmental fire and rescue establishment ensures the administrative and financial management of the est…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-51

Many departmental fire and rescue services may decide, by concordant deliberations of their boards of directors, to create an interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishment. The creation of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-52

…responsibility for expenses relating to rescue operations under the conditions set by article L. 742-11 of the French Internal Security Code;d) Informing the public and raising awareness of risks aff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-56

…ices of the department in which the headquarters of the interdepartmental public establishment is located.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-58

Detailed rules for the application of the provisions of this section shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Council of State.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-53

…ate in the department in which the headquarters of the public interdepartmental establishment are located attends meetings of the board of directors as of right. If a deliberation appears likely to af…

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