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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-2

…) Present signs of vital distress;c) Present signs of functional distress justifying the urgency to act.The emergency care procedures that may be carried out by firefighters who are not otherwise heal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82

…ementary submissions, the public prosecutor may request the investigating magistrate to perform any acts that he deems useful for ascertaining the truth and to take any necessary security measures. He…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…pic", "Paralympiade", "Paralympism", "Paralympian" and "Paralympienne";6° The acronym "JP".II - The act of registering as a trademark, reproducing, imitating, affixing, deleting or modifying the eleme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-2

The penalties set out in Article 313-1 of the Criminal Code shall apply: 1° The act, for any person, of engaging in the activity of banking or financial canvassing defined in article L. 341-1 without…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-40

…ce to court decisions determining the owner of the right. It is also supplemented by mention of all acts relating to the transfer of ownership of the breeder's right, the assignment or grant of a righ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-35

…his responsibility.As part of the functions more specifically devolved to the Office by Article L. 121-9, the General Manager is in particular empowered to:1° Certifying the family situation and civil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-2

For the application of article L. 5421-4 in Mayotte, the words: "in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the first paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2002-4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-7

When a société par actions with a public offering is formed, the acts performed on behalf of the company being formed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article L. 210-6 are submitted to the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-4

…anagement and general conduct of the agency. He represents it in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He is the authorising officer for the agency's revenue and expenditure. He recruits the staff…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Applicable regime and classification of sources

Article R1333-14

I.-Ionising radiation sources and batches of radioactive sources are classified in category A, B, C or D as defined in Annexes 13-7 and 13-8.The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall inform…

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