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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L114-2

Each year, the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée draws up a report, which gives an account of the forecast yield and use of the taxes and levies and other products that it collects or tha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Visits and seizures

Article R512-40

The reports describe the visit and record the findings. They are drawn up immediately. They include an inventory of the items and documents seized. These reports are signed by the authorised agents, b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3311-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the president of the departmental council presents a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation of the dep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4311-1-1

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Regional Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation of the re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-28

Any experts appointed by the Chairman of the College shall send their draft report to the claimant and, where applicable, to the claimant's counsel, who shall have a period of fifteen days in which to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-12

The court shall rule on a report from the official receiver on all matters relating to the safeguard, receivership and judicial liquidation, the action for liability for insufficient assets, personal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to probation with reinforced monitoring

Article D546-3

The provisions of Article 621-10 of the Penitentiary Code determine the content of the report drawn up by the prison integration and probation service pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 741-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-72

Both parts of the form for reporting a serious adverse event associated with healthcare are sent by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to the Haute Autorité de santé, in accordance wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4422-2

The special report on the activities of the State services in Corsica also includes an assessment of the activities of the State's public establishments that contribute to them.This report focuses in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R6221-5

The special report on the activities of the State services in Saint-Barthélemy also includes an assessment of the activities of the State's public establishments that contribute to them. This report f…

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