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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 227

…n ordering the enquiry may simply state the time limit within which it must be carried out. In the event of another court being commissioned, the decision shall specify the time limit within which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-10

The election of the representatives of the public establishments of intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status and of the communes takes place by ballot papers sent by registered letter or de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-12

The commission meets when convened by the chairman, either on his own initiative, or at the request of one-third of the members, or at the request of the prefect. The commission may only validly decid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-3

…ttach it to another commune or to erect it as a separate commune, a decree by the State representative in the département establishes, for this section or portion of territory, a commission that gives…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-3

The conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-41

I. - The Commission Nationale des Sanctions (National Enforcement Committee) receives reports or procedures drawn up following inspections carried out by the administrative authorities referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of seats to professional employers' organizations

Article R23-112-9

…number of member undertakings retained in the professional and territorial area of competence of a commission is less than twice the number of seats to be filled for this commission, the member under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-7

…8, D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39 and D. 1432-41 do not apply to Mayotte. Until the creation of specialised commissions in Mayotte, the Regional Health and Autonomy Conference will carry out the tasks of thes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care

Article R3223-1

…artment, the Prefect, and in Paris the Police Prefect : 1° Appoints the members of the departmental commission for psychiatric care mentioned in 1° for one of the two psychiatrists, 3° and 4° of artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Orientation and placement

Article R5213-6

At the end of the pre-orientation period, the centre sends the Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People a detailed report on the wishes and the intellectual and physical adaptabil…

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