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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-7-1

…In order to facilitate the performance of the group supervision tasks referred to in Article L. 356-7, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, as group supervisor, constitutes and chairs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-7

…t for the regional hospital grouping; 4° The conditions under which private hospital establishments may be partners in a regional hospital grouping; 5° The conditions under which changes to the author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-7

For the implementation of the treatments mentioned in article R. 4321-5, the masseur-physiotherapist is authorised to use the following techniques and carry out the following procedures: 1° Massages,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-7

…here they are constituted as a disciplinary chamber, the deliberations of the councils of the ordre may be adopted by means of an electronic or audiovisual conference, under the conditions laid down b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-31

The risk of re-offending mentioned in Article 723-29 must be established by a medical assessment ordered by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of article 712-16, the conc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Tasks

Article L518-7

…control of the management of Caisse des dépôts et consignations by the Chief Executive Officer. It may delegate some of its powers to the Chief Executive Officer, who shall report to it on the decisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-7

The representative mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of Article L. 1111-9-1 whose seat becomes vacant as a result of death, resignation or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected or appo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Observatory for medical and healthcare-related risks

Article L1142-29

…rticular by the insurers of the healthcare professionals and organisations mentioned in article L. 1142-2, by the establishments responsible for their own insurance, by the regional commissions provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Resources and operation of elected representatives' groups.

Article LO6221-29

When the local authority publishes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the territorial council, a space is reserved for the expression of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Resources and operation of elected representatives' groups.

Article LO6321-29

The operation of the groups of elected representatives on the Territorial Council may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the allowance system for elected representatives…

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