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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-22-1

I.-Each year, before 30 June, the holder of an authorisation sends the prefect of the department in which its main establishment is located and the national council an activity report covering the who…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-4

A party is free to waive the condition stipulated in its exclusive interest, as long as it has not been fulfilled or has not failed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-4

The oath is evidence only in favour of or against the person who has referred it and his heirs and assigns.The oath referred by one of the joint and several creditors to the debtor discharges the debt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-1

The bodies referred to in article L. 771-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are exempt from the formalities provided for in articles R. 322-51 and R. 322-52. Their incorporation takes effect as…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-17-1

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects during an event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreeme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-1

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 421-1-1, the registration of a natural person on the list of qualified industrial property persons provided for in Article L. 421-1 is subject to compliance wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Mortuary rooms (R).

Article R2223-98

Health establishments and the establishments mentioned in Article L. 312-1of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles may not be authorised to manage the funeral chambers mentioned in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article R2223-78

Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, the body of a deceased person may not be admitted to a funeral home, located outside the territory of the commune of the place of death, without the decl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Mortuary rooms (R).

Article R2223-93

As far as possible, the family shall have access to the deceased before the body is deposited in the mortuary without this deposit being delayed, as a result, by more than ten hours as provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article R2223-76

Admission to the funeral home takes place within forty-eight hours of the death.It takes place at the written request:- either from any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides p…

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