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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure for compensation by substitution of the Office

Article R1142-63-17

If, at the end of the period provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 1142-63-13, the persons considered liable by the College or their insurers have not made an offer of compensation to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Local fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33-1

A communal or inter-communal advisory committee for volunteer firefighters is set up within the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to which the local fire and rescue se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amending and cancelling declarations

Article R6351-8-1

When a training organisation holding a registration number provides an apprenticeship training course for the first time, it must send a copy of its articles of association to the Regional Prefect wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-2

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in V of article L. 225-102-1 is appointed, as appropriate, by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Management Board, for a period not exce…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

I. - When, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21, the commitments of the insurance undertaking under an agreement are no longer represented in at least an equivalent manner by the assets…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-65

In communes or groups of communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the operating board may be the municipal council. In this case, the operating board may be chaired by the mayor or by one of its me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-66

When the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2221-13 the committee of the syndicat de communes is enlarged to include outside persons to exercise the powers of the operating board, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-64

The operating board deliberates on the categories of business for which the town council has not reserved decision-making power for itself or for which this power is not assigned to another authority…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Criminal provisions.

Article R331-45-1

Operating a circuit which does not have the approval provided for inarticle R. 331-35 is punishable by the penalties laid down for 5th class offences. Failure by the circuit manager to comply with one…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of budgets and accounts

Article R5211-41-1

The provisions of article R. 2313-8 are applicable to the public establishments mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 5211-36. For their application, the following should be read: "l'établis…

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