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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-1

One or more judicial courts designated by decree shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52and 382 of this code for the investigation, prosecutio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

…acceptor or not, or in the event of seizure of his property remaining unsuccessful, the bearer may exercise his remedies only after presentation of the letter to the drawee for payment and after prep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Responsibilities.

Article L2541-12

…de in favour of the commune and the withdrawal of formalities for the purging of mortgages; 12° The exercise of the right to graze and range; 13° Guarantee commitments; 14° Transactions. In addition,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-43

The services of the State which participate in the exercise of the competences transferred to the territorial collectivity of Corsica are, where necessary, made available to the territorial collectivi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Corsican Tourist Offices and Agency

Article L4424-40

…t on 1st January of the following year. When the territorial collectivity of Corsica takes over the exercise of the missions entrusted to a tourist office or agency pursuant to one of the two precedin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Missions

Article R1114-36

…disabilities or in very precarious and excluded situations are able to benefit from support in the exercise of their mission in relation to councils, assemblies and bodies. The statutes and internal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public domain and their private domain. The local authority's domain i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-22-1

…r year. This report includes a list of the training courses it has organised in connection with the exercise of the mandate of a local elected representative, as well as, for each of them: 1° The loca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-43

…wing elements: 1° The definition of the permanent care assignment; 2° The obligations linked to its exercise, in particular those defined in article L. 6111-1-4; 3° The needs of the population defined…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 297 A

…ance with c of 1 of Article 266 and the purchase price of the goods;4° For taxable persons who have exercised the option provided for in Article 297 B, the purchase price referred to in 1° and 3° mean…

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