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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-42

I.-The fire and rescue services are only obliged to carry out rescue operations that are directly related to their public service missions as defined in article L. 1424-2. I.-The fire and rescue servi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

I. - The subscription and purchase of units in professional private equity funds is reserved for the investors referred to in article L. 214-144 as well as for investors who are managers, employees or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-2

I.- Unemancipated minors, protected adults or adults who are unable to express their consent and who are not the subject of a legal protection measure shall, when their participation in research invol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-67

The rate of payment is set or modified by deliberation of the municipal council or the competent body of the public establishment which is the organising authority for mobility within the meaning of A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2

I. - Only practitioners who have signed the agreement governing relations between the health insurance organisations and doctors referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code, and who ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

When the work has been disclosed, the author may not prohibit:1° Private and free representations made exclusively within a family circle;2° Copies or reproductions made from a lawful source and stric…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

…at their request, contribute to the financing of projects managed by communes, their groupings, public establishments attached to them or companies in which they hold a share of the capital. I.-The d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

I. - Establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in application of article L. 1243-2, may obtain, for therapeutic purposes, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-36

I. - The territorial collectivity of Corsica implements balanced management of water resources. Corsica constitutes a hydrographic basin within the meaning of Articles L. 212-1 to L. 212-6 of the Envi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-20

I. - The new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 benefit from the flat-rate allocation provided for in articles L. 2334-7 to L. 2334-12.II. - In the first year of the creation of the new commune,…

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