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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Departmental fire brigade (R)

Article R1424-23

An advisory committee of volunteer firefighters, specific to all volunteer firefighters in the departmental corps, whose operating procedures are set by order of the minister in charge of civil securi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Checks on collective protection equipment and installations

Article R4412-23

The employer shall ensure that the collective protection equipment and installations are regularly checked and maintained in perfect working order.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

Table 1: NUMBER OF CONTRACTS having given rise to investigation/search by the insurance company NUMBER OF INSURED PERSONS centenarians not deceased, including those for whom there is a presumption of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-23

In the event of a partial transfer of the undertaking or establishment to which the occupational health physician belongs, only the provisions of articles R. 4623-21 and R. 4623-22 apply. The request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-61

For the application of V of Article L. 626-30 and Article L. 626-30-2, the bondholders are, where applicable, divided into one or more classes of affected parties. A notice convening the bondholders i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Communication of sub-contracts to the purchaser

Article R2393-23

Any contractor who, fifteen days after having been given formal notice in writing to do so, fails to communicate the sub-contracts to the purchaser, shall incur a penalty equal to one thousandth of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-6

The application is made before the judicial court.The applicant states his or her free and informed consent to the change of the indication relating to his or her sex in the civil status records and p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Share of global contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article R2171-23

If the holder of a global contract is not itself a small or medium-sized enterprise or a craftsman, the minimum proportion that it undertakes to entrust, directly or indirectly, to small and medium-si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-23

On the basis of the information communicated to it by the competent councils, the national council sends the Minister for Health and the body designated for this purpose by order a weekly update of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-23

I.-The Committee to which a request for an opinion on a research project involving the human person has been submitted shall give its opinion within a period of forty-five days. If the Committee remai…

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