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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Interdepartmental institution (R)

Article R5421-8

The Board of Directors may create a reserve fund from which any sums required to meet the establishment's exceptional needs are drawn.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 878-1

Where the judicial court rules in commercial matters pursuant to article L. 722-4 of the Commercial Code, claims shall be formulated, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules established b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Infrastructure management

Article R4424-8

For the application of article L. 4424-22, the application for a title of occupation constituting a real right over the public domain of the ports of Ajaccio and Bastia is addressed to the President o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents

Article R153-8

Where the decision is taken before any trial on the merits, the decision ruling on the request for communication or production of the document may be appealed in accordance with the conditions laid do…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-8

The Minister for Culture will give reasons for any warning, specific ban on screenings or refusal to grant a cinema licence, and may make them public.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-8

The Committee may unanimously decide to admit additional members, chosen from among the other financial contributors to social action for the elderly or disabled.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Coordinating doctors

Article R3711-8

The coordinating doctor is appointed by order of the sentence enforcement judge. As far as possible, this appointment is made before the release of a convicted prisoner. However, when the person has b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy.

Article R6152-80

When the national status committee is called upon to give an opinion on the professional inadequacy of a hospital practitioner, it sits with a composition and according to the procedures determined in…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-8

The following are defined as "organised adapted holidays", within the meaning of I of article L. 412-2, holiday activities with accommodation in France or abroad, lasting more than five days and inten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 862-1

For the application of article 706-2 in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna, after the words: "by article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code", the words: "or by locally applicable r…

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