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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Direct management of public services

Article R1412-3

…eir public establishments, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates exercise the powers that belong to the town council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for veterinary students

Article D1511-63

…f the allowance and the tuition fees received by the student is due: 1° In full in the event of non-exercise or, where applicable, non-installation of the professional domicile of practice in the area…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

The municipality's assumption of responsibility for expenses relating to the exercise of local elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-64

In the exercise of their powers, the public prosecutor and the courts responsible for enforcing sentences, as well as, if a case is referred to them, the prison integration and probation service, shal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81

In the exercise of the powers provided for in article 706-22-1 the Paris Sentence Enforcement Judge may appoint the penitentiary integration and probation service with territorial jurisdiction over th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-73

…take over or of the company meeting the criteria of a young innovative company in which he plans to exercise management responsibilities. They specify the duration of the leave or the desired reductio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-24

…ve Officer. The Committee shall have access to all information held by the Agency necessary for the exercise of its powers. The Chief Executive Officer shall provide the Committee with the resources i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-113

The Chief Executive of the Agency shall provide the Agency and Working Conditions Committee with at least one suitably equipped room and the equipment necessary for it to carry out its duties.The staf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-9

…The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of this same law may be exercised with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-6

…staff performing the duties of clerk to a Disciplinary Board may only receive instructions, in the exercise of their jurisdictional powers, from the Chairman of the Board.

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