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

Article D6313-3

…ral Local Authorities Code is applicable to Saint-Martin under the following conditions:1° Articles D. 2411-1 to D. 2411-10 are not applicable to Saint-Martin;2° For the application of Article R. 2421…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-19

…ssion elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman from among the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected for a two-year term by all the members of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-18

The mandate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-18

…editing a cash withdrawal or payment card, on the basis of the transmission provided for in article D. 553-21.On a transitional basis or by derogation, particularly in overseas departments, the allowa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-28

…finance companies shall provide the beneficiaries of the surety undertakings referred to in article D. 313-26, as well as any person who so requests, with all relevant information on the surety guaran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractitioners (R).

Article D2223-131

…the Comité national d'évaluation de la formation pratique des thanatopracteurs mentioned in Article D. 2223-123 and the conditions for organising the examination for access to the national thanatoprac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2343-2

…ect of management, including those carried out during the additional period provided for in Article D. 2342-3. These transactions are attached to the last day of management.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-33

…of the Directorate General of Public Finance at the same time as the notice provided for in Article D. 48-31. These statements are sent under the simplified dispatch note provided for in the second pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D143-1

…s incarcerated in detention centres may benefit from the temporary absences provided for in article D. 143, when they have served one-third of their sentence. In their case, the duration of such leave…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D533-2

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 530-5 of the Penitentiary Code governing the visits that the sentenced person is required to receive from the staff of the prison integration and probat…

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