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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L1811-1

For the application of the provisions of Part One to the communes of French Polynesia and except where otherwise provided:1° The reference to the département or region is replaced by the reference to…

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

Article L2113-11

The creation of delegated communes within a new commune automatically entails for each of them:1° The institution of a delegated mayor;2° The creation of an annex to the town hall in which civil statu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4132-1

The Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins comprises fifty-eight members elected for six years by the full members of the departmental councils.These members are distributed as follows1° One pair pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-18-1-1

According to the conditions laid down in an annual resolution, the municipal council may make a vehicle available to its members or to municipal employees where this is justified by the performance of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1-1

Workshops and integration projects can enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least 57 who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1-1

Prescribers may make the dispensing of certain medicines conditional on the performance and results of medical tests, in particular biological or diagnostic tests, by means of a prescription known as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-10

The procedures for implementing this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The conditions under which the institution's agents or the public accountants authori…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

A departmental councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, the national centre for the territorial civil servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-18

A regional councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, the national centre for territorial civil servants, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-10

For the criminal offences referred to in this Title, natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the condition…

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