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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-7

…y five years. It is preceded by an assessment of the objectives of the previous plan.In the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the departmental risk analysis and coverage plan comprises three sections:-a se…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750-1

…fficio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option, by an attempt at conciliation conducted by a court conciliator, an attempt at mediation or an attempt at a participatory procedure, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Suspension and division of custodial sentences

Article 720-1

…person to one or more of the obligations or prohibitions provided for in articles 132-44 et 132-45 du code pénal. When the split execution of the prison sentence has been decided by the trial court p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Production authorisation

Article R1322-70

I. - Any production of clean seawater is subject to authorisation from the Prefect of the département in which the production facility is located. The authorisation is issued on the basis of a file co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-7

…ade, where appropriate on a provisional basis, for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the victim or his or her heirs, after deduction of the benefits listed in article 3 of Order…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-72

The Board of Directors or the Management Board decides on the eligibility and pricing of any risk provided for in the Articles of Association, subject to the application of the laws and regulations in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions.

Article L751-7

…rt in debates or deliberations in a case in which he himself or a legal entity, within which he has during the three years preceding the deliberation exercised functions or held a mandate, has had an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796 bis

…20 of 9 September 1986 relating to the fight against terrorism, are exempt from gratuitous transfer duties. If the victim has died as a result of the act of terrorism, the exemption from gratuitous tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General duties

Article R4312-73

…ongs. This council shall check that they comply with the principles of this code of professional conduct and, where they exist, with the essential clauses of the standard contracts drawn up by the nat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

Decisions modifying or refusing to modify the measures mentioned in the first and fourth paragraphs of article 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the se…

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