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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-30

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-38

The purpose of funeral chambers is to receive, prior to burial or cremation, the bodies of deceased persons. The premises where the undertaking or association managing the funeral home offers the othe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-2

A public database is created, made available free of charge via an online public communication service, which lists unavailable books. The Bibliothèque nationale de France shall ensure that the databa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the transfer of the person for trial on the merits or for trial on the application of article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-5

The payment mandate must be issued in the name of the original creditor.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, traditional speciality guaranteed

Article L432-3

The provisions applicable to protected designations of origin, protected geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed are set out in chapter I of Title IV of Book VI of the French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the spa industry

Article R1322-38

The reuse of recycled natural mineral water in a spa establishment for therapeutic purposes is prohibited, except in communal baths.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4a: The Chamber of Territories

Article D4422-30-2

I.-Three representatives per agglomeration community and their alternates are elected from among the members of the deliberative assembly as follows:a) Two representatives and their respective alterna…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: State

Article L111-3

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police acting in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, civil servants under the authority of the Minister responsible for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-3

The person holding access to online public communication services has an obligation to ensure that this access is not used for the purposes of reproduction, representation, making available or communi…

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