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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-5

The President of the Territorial Council declared to be the de facto accounting officer by a final ruling of the Audit Judge shall be suspended from his capacity as authorising officer until he has re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-5

…ncil shall deliberate in order to entrust a Vice-President with the powers mentioned in article LO 6352-4. This function ends as soon as the President of the Territorial Council has been discharged fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R1431-5

The Chairman may invite to the Board of Directors, for an opinion, any person whose presence he deems useful depending on the agenda. In the event of a vacancy, for whatever reason, occurring more tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-5

…n gathers the information it needs to carry out its tasks, in particular to evaluate the prevention and health promotion policy and to draw up the regional health plan.It informs its members and gover…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties.

Article R4235-5

…ust also ensure that their staff are informed of their obligations in terms of professional secrecy and that they comply with them.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-5

The prison integration and probation service located within the jurisdiction of the prison in which the person subject to compulsory release is incarcerated will give or arrange for the person to be g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Reception, catering, accommodation and maintenance in collèges and lycées.

Article R1614-40-5

This paragraph sets out the conditions under which the départements, regions and the local authority of Corsica, pursuant to Article L. 1614-7, are required to continue compiling statistics relating t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2392-5

A pooled solution, made available by the State and known as the "public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted electronically. The following shall use the public…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Project management mandate

Article L2422-5

Within the limits of the programme and the provisional financial envelope for the operation that he has decided, the project owner may entrust an agent, by means of a project management contract, with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5

…tional member or as a college, may:1° Inform the Public Prosecutor of offences of which it is aware and ask him to have an investigation carried out or prosecuted;2° Ask the Public Prosecutor to repor…

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