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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-1

…sion safety correspondent in a blood establishment or health establishment, who will forward this information to the relevant haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent. II - The competent ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-24

…ory liquidation, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Articles R. 631-3 or R. 631-4. The judgment pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article R721-20

…s, is responsible for promoting the proper application of the ethical principles inherent in the performance of the duties of commercial court judges.To this end, it is responsible for: 1° Giving opin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-4-1

For the application of this section, aid granted in the forms provided for in Article L. 1511-3 for the financing of real estate projects under leasing and hire-purchase contracts is considered to be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-18

…ill in a state of abandonment, a new official report, drawn up by the mayor or his delegate, in the forms provided for by the articles R. 2223-13 and R. 2223-14, is notified to the interested parties…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-7

The conversion into digital format of any document intended to be transmitted to the judicial authority or placed within the digital procedural file, is carried out under the responsibility of the lat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R2151-18

…rocreation and is no longer the subject of a parental project, and without any payment, in whatever form, having been made to these persons.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-1

…icles R. 2324-34 and R. 2324-35, the collective crèches mentioned in 1° of II of article R. 2324-17 form their teams in such a way as to comply with the following minimum ratios of working time dedica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article R3131-2

I. - Proceedings published in electronic form are made available to the public on the department's website in their entirety, in an unmodifiable format and under conditions that ensure their preservat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article R4141-2

I. - Proceedings published in electronic form are made available to the public on the region's website in their entirety, in an unmodifiable format and under conditions that ensure their preservation,…

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