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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Health and Autonomy Conference

Article D1442-7

For the application of article D. 1432-28 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin:1° The provisions of 1° and 2° are replaced by the following provisions:1° The college of representatives of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-47

The President of the Corsican Executive Council attaches the warrants and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in Articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

I. - For rights in the course of constitution of operations whose benefits are linked to the cessation of professional activity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisions specific to "Care without consent".

Article D6124-265

In addition to the premises mentioned in article D. 6124-257, hospital units include: 1° One or more calming areas, adapted to the nature of the patient's care and the therapeutic project implemented,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-7

The request for exoneration form specifies the conditions for admissibility of the request provided for in article 495-18, the methods of payment of the deposit except in the cases provided for by art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-2

The prefect communicates to the presidents of public cooperation establishments with their own tax system a statement indicating, for each of the four direct local taxes, the forecast amount of net ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-69

Even outside the case provided for by articles 712-16-1 and 712-16-2 and D. 49-68, the victim may be notified by the sentence enforcement judge of any decision providing for his or her compensation in…

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

Article D589-6

The exemptions provided for in II of Article 801-1 are applicable to any procedural document in digital format available to the judicial authority as well as those intended to be transmitted to it. Th…

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

Article D1446-9

For its application in Mayotte, article D. 1432-29 reads as follows:"The following shall participate in the work of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in an advisory capacity:1° The Prefec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-24

In order to benefit from the aid provided for in article D. 6325-23, employer groups must sign an agreement with the Prefect. This agreement specifies: 1° The forecast number of support measures eligi…

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