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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article R6113-47

I. - The total allocation provided for inarticle 4 of the Social ModernisationAct no. 2002-73 of 17 January 2002 is set by order of the Minister for Health, in the light of the decision by which the B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff of hospital foundations

Article R6141-64

The staff of hospital foundations may be : 1° Civil servants working for a public legal entity mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 septies

…ndicat de défense des appellations d'origine constituted in the form of a syndicate governed by the loi du 21 mars 1884 relative aux syndicats professionnels ou d'association relevant de la loi du 1er…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

…regime; 2° Registered in the assets of a venture capital company mentioned in l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985 portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier ou d'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-20

…is substituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, dan…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article L141-1

Subject to the provisions of this Code, the use of the French language is prescribed in exchanges between the public and the administration, in accordance with Law No. 94-655 of 4 August 1994 on the u…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 150

A decision ordering or modifying an investigative measure is not subject to opposition; it may be appealed or appealed to the Supreme Court independently of the judgment on the merits only in the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Discussion by the parties

Article 458

The public prosecutor shall, in the name of the law, make such submissions, both written and oral, as he or she considers appropriate for the good of justice.In the event that written submissions are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations

Article L211-39

The rights or obligations of the collateral provider, the beneficiary or any third party in respect of the collateral referred to in I of article L. 211-38 relating to financial securities are determi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4-1

Any person who requests the examination of his or her genetic characteristics or those of a third party, or the identification of a person by his or her genetic fingerprints, outside the conditions la…

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