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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-29

Given the requirements of the public education service, the weekly service of staff belonging to teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 4134…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-2

The descriptive file provided for in Article L. 5138-1 and accompanying the declaration shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by any means capable of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-2

…he conception of the embryo, and in the event that the couple had, in application of III of article L. 2141-4, expressed their consent during an annual consultation to one of the options for the futur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties for intermediaries

Article L354-6

…ng shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 354-1, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-29-2

Only the provisions of Section 4 of the chapitre II du titre II du livre III du code des procédures civiles d'exécution which are mentioned below. At the auction hearing, the procedure set out in sub-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

…s, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the same Article 706, in proceedings concerning crimes and offences falling withi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-2

…the parents, or between the parents and the child, the contribution to the child's maintenance and education takes the form of maintenance paid, as appropriate, by one of the parents to the other, or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-2

…al associations and unions affiliated to the trade union organisations mentioned in Article R. 6153-24-1 may, with the authorisation of the competent director general of the regional health agency, co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 249

…from among the presidents, vice-presidents, or judges within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal.The first president of the court of appeal may designate one of the assessors, when the assize cou…

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