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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Specific interests of certain categories of residents

Article L2544-5

…4, or to the alienation or pledging of real estate or securities belonging to the section, a local commission may be set up to give its opinion on the particular interests of the section.The setting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-21

…s is conducive to resolving the dispute and with the agreement of the claimant, the chairman of the commission may withdraw the request for conciliation and forward it either to the relevant commissio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-26

…eclaration was submitted.The confidentiality of these declarations does not prevent them from being communicated to the Commission nationale de discipline des juges des tribunaux de commerce (National…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Repayment conditions

Article R3262-12

…uring the month following the period of use, the exchange of his unused vouchers by paying only the commission normally received by the issuer on the sale of these vouchers. In this case, the amount o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Support for the development of employment and skills

Article D5121-2

Agreements concluded at national level are subject to the opinion of the Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Coll…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendments and cancellations

Article R7111-11

…nalist's identity card who ceases to be employed in the publications, press agencies or audiovisual communication companies to which he or she was attached at the time the identity card was issued, sh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-6

…1-5 or L. 612-34-1 against the parent undertaking of a group, it shall notify its intentions to the European Banking Authority and, where appropriate, to the other competent authorities.In reaching it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-1

I.-The National Periodic Certification Board referred to in article L. 4022-5 comprises a collegiate body and professional commissions. II.-The chairman of the national board for periodic certificatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-2

…xercises both drinking water and wastewater treatment responsibilities, may present a single annual report. If he chooses to present two separate reports, he shall show, in an introductory note, the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Healthcare professionals and patients

Article R5121-161

The doctor, dental surgeon, midwife, pharmacist or nurse shall immediately report any adverse reaction suspected of being due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 of…

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