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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Participation in guarantee companies (R)

Article R1511-38

The percentage of each financial facility guaranteed by the credit institution or finance company either from its own funds or from those of the guarantee funds set up with it may not exceed 50%. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Participation in guarantee companies (R)

Article R1511-37

The granting of guarantees by the credit institutions or finance companies mentioned in article R. 1511-36 is accompanied by a fee calculated on the basis of the risk insured.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Participation in guarantee companies (R)

Article R1511-39

Where the guarantee granted by the credit institution or finance company is covered by a guarantee fund whose purpose is business creation, the maximum percentages provided for in article R. 1511-38 a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-1

An accredited training body may not subcontract, in whole or in part, to a body that does not hold accreditation, the organisation or delivery of training related to the exercise of the mandate of a l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-22-1

I.-Each year, before 30 June, the holder of an authorisation sends the prefect of the department in which its main establishment is located and the national council an activity report covering the who…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R286-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 2° References to the benefits ment…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R285-2

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° The references to the Prefect are replaced by the reference to the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 2° The references to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Tissue retrieval from living donors

Article R1241-3-2

Skin may only be removed from a living donor if the following three conditions are met:-the harvest is carried out, in the absence of an available therapeutic alternative, for the treatment of extensi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Social action and health (R).

Article R1614-28

This paragraph sets out the conditions under which the department, pursuant to l'article L. 1614-7, is required to continue compiling statistics relating to the exercise of the powers transferred to i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Social action and health (R).

Article R1614-29

The president of the departmental council shall forward to the prefect within two months a copy of each decision to authorise the creation, transformation or extension of a social establishment or ser…

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