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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article R1111-1-1

…bjectives to be achieved. It also determines the financial framework within which the delegation is exercised, the operating resources and services, if any, made available to the delegating authority.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-31-1

…the magistrate referred to in article 230-9 shall be informed without delay and by any means of the exercise of this right of appeal. This appeal lapses if the territorially competent public prosecuto…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-3

…aw No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties may be exercised by contacting the Department of Judicial Services. V. - The right to object provided for i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Management of sites polluted by radioactive substances

Article R1333-95

I.-Any pollution of a site by radioactive substances resulting from the exercise of a nuclear activity subject to a regime mentioned in article L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 is managed according to the speci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-21

…als collected pursuant to article L. 444-5.The persons referred to in the previous paragraph do not exercise the profession covered by the body on whose behalf they carry out the operations referred t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article D51

…hildren, those resulting from a decision to totally or partially withdraw parental authority or its exercise, or to suspend visiting and accommodation rights issued by a criminal or civil court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Rules and monitoring of the enforcement of sentences

Article D158

…t to Article 515-11 of the Civil Code, or if they result from a decision to suspend or withdraw the exercise of parental authority and visiting and accommodation rights pursuant to articles 378,378-1,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article A123-51

…ecord reveals the existence of a ban on trading or a conviction of such a nature as to prohibit the exercise of the activity undertaken, the judge shall order the deletion of the registration or entry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-1

…off, revocation, withdrawal of approval or authorisation in the profession in which they previously exercised ; 3° Have the qualification required to manage a sale or hold a title, diploma or authoris…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Representation of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana within French diplomatic missions

Article R7153-6

…2° Their geographical competence; 3° The training actions that may be organised to facilitate the exercise of the missions defined in 1° of this article ; 4° The material and logistical resources ma…

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