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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

Article D6132-9-2

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6144-1, the medical committees of all or some of the institutions involved may delegate some of their powers mentioned in articles R. 6144-1 to R. 6144-1-2 to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-7

The grant application is sent by the chairman of the board of directors of the fire and rescue service or by the mayor of Marseille, to the departmental prefect. It is accompanied by:1° An explanatory…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-9

The AMF shall be informed in advance of any proposed changes to the factors taken into account when examining an application for authorisation from a digital asset service provider. It shall inform th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-7

In accordance with the provisions of article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-39

When information held by the services and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 have been transmitted to them by a Member State on the basis of the provisions of Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA, they ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Revenue which may be collected by a public or private body

Article D1611-32-9

Other than the revenues mentioned in article L. 1611-7-1, local authorities and their public establishments may entrust a public or private body with the collection of revenue relating to:1° On-street…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76-1

A public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or a mixed syndicate with responsibility for waste treatment within the meaning of this code may define contractual clauses with its member local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

I. - In each region, the territorial conference on public action is responsible for promoting the concerted exercise of the competences of territorial authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-7

The specifications for a specific geographical indication: 1° The name thereof; 2° The product concerned; 3° The delimitation of the associated geographical area or specific place; 4° The quality, rep…

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