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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-14

The president of the regional council will provide the regional prefect with the information needed to draw representative samples of the training and integration pathways of young people leaving the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-12

Agreements between the State and the region may provide for the transmission of the information provided for in article R. 1614-11 by computer files complying with the specifications of national infor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sports equipment

Article R312-4

The declarations provided for in article R. 312-3 must identify : 1° In all cases, the sports facility, its use and its characteristics, as well as its owner and, where applicable, its operator; 2° In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-48

The services which public health institutions may provide on a subsidiary basis, as provided for in article L. 6145-7, are developed within the limits of the material and human resources essential to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to tourist communes and classified resorts.

Article R133-43

State officials may carry out on-site checks to ensure that municipalities and their groupings comply with the conditions required for designation as a tourist municipality or classification as a tour…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-4

For the application of this Title in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin:1° The branch manager of the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer in Guadeloupe is a member of the commission in plac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-40

If the imprisoned person is both remanded in custody and serving a sentence, only the liberty and custody judge has jurisdiction to hear applications made under article 803-8. However, if the liberty…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-41

If the person remanded in custody is the subject of several detention warrants issued by liberty and custody judges from different judicial courts, only the judge from the court whose seat is closest…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Criminal provisions

Article R351-4

Any de jure or de facto manager of a commercial company referred to in article R. 313-14 who contravenes the obligations referred to in I of that article, or any other legal entity or natural person w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-4

I. - In order to exercise its powers in relation to vocational training, the National Council shall set up a vocational training committee, composed of the following members:1° The chairman and vice-c…

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