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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-36

Subject to the provisions specific to them, the provisions of Book III of Part Two are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation However, articles L. 2312-1 and L. 2313-1 onl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-37

The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out by public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation is submitted each year for deliberation by the deliberative body. This balance shee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-3

The period for examining the application for authorisation is three months. It runs from the date of the discharge or the notice of receipt or the electronic acknowledgement of receipt provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Propaganda documents

Article R7343-36-1

The Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi shall publish on the website referred to in Article R. 7343-10 , on a date set by order of the Minister for Employm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-3

The following offences are punishable by a fifth-class fine1° Failure by the person responsible for a nuclear activity to make the declaration provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-102

The General Meeting of mutual insurance companies is made up of all members who are up to date with their subscriptions. The Articles of Association may limit the number of proxies that may be entrust…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation

Article R2541-3

The references made by articles R. 2142-1, R. 2142-3 and R. 2142-10 insofar as they refer to the legislative provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part shall be understood as referring…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article R3241-3

In any department or departmental public establishment with more than 75,000 euros in operating revenue, the accounts mentioned in article R. 3241-1 are also examined by an audit commission, the compo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-37-1

I.-When the patient is incapable of expressing his/her wishes, the doctor in charge of the patient must respect the wishes expressed by the patient in advance directives, except in the cases provided…

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