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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-13

…t unauthorised exhumations and for preventing any disorder being committed in burial places, or any act being permitted there that is contrary to the respect due to the memory of the dead.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to non-contentious matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 10

…person has been invested by a decision with a specific function or a general power of attorney, the acts that he has validly entered into with third parties in good faith are not affected if, subseque…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-35

…deliberation that decided on the reduction. The objection is served on the company by extrajudicial act and brought before the commercial court.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-301

…apply to midwives registered on the roll of the Association, to midwives performing a professional act under the conditions laid down in Article L. 4112-7 and to the student midwives referred to in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General duties

Article R4312-9

Nurses shall refrain, even outside the practice of their profession, from any act likely to bring it into disrepute. In particular, in any public communication, they shall be careful in what they say…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-5

…that they have passed the knowledge verification tests and that they are authorised to perform the acts mentioned in 2° ofarticle R. 4321-33.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Director

Article D6143-34

…e and position of the officer to whom the delegation has been given; 2° The nature of the delegated acts; 3° Any conditions or reservations which the Director deems appropriate to attach to the delega…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-20

…y may request the opinion of the departmental consultative commission provided for in Article L1424-21, on legal or financial matters. In the event of a dispute over one or more provisions of the draf…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article D131-23-1

Without prejudice to the allowances mentioned in article R. 131-21, an allowance may be paid to the sports technical advisor, up to an annual amount set in the framework agreement mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

…his proportion reaches or falls below the thresholds of 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% and 75%. I of article L. 214-24-21 applies to an AIF or its management company which acquires, without control, a holding in…

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