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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-1

…nded beyond one year; 4° Where necessary, informs the State representative in the department or, in Paris, the Police Prefect, or the State Prosecutor of the situation of persons undergoing psychiatri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect organises, within six months of acquiring French nationality, a ceremony to welcome into French citizenship for the p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4

…ion may also be filed in the event of infringement of a trademark protected in a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property under the conditions set out in III of Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-9

…director of the establishment shall inform the representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the Prefect of Police, who may take the measure provided for in article L. 3213-6.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Expropriation and easements in the public interest

Article 1045

…easure, under the conditions provided for by the decree of 26 March 1852 relating to the streets of Paris;3° To plans, minutes, certificates, judgments, contracts, receipts and other deeds relating to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Levy on online horserace betting for the benefit of racing companies

Article 1609 tertricies

A fee collected for the benefit of the racing companies is instituted, intended to finance the public service missions defined in Article 2 of the law of 2 June 1891, the purpose of which is to regula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R1112-81

…n II to VI below. II. - In public health establishments, other than Assistance publique-hopitaux de Paris, the committee may also include one or more of the following members: 1° The chairman of the e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-12

…ouncil; 2° The presidents of the departmental councils of the Ile-de-France region; 3° The mayor of Paris; 4° Three presidents of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation elected by the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-14

…rom the international court. The decision to surrender is taken by the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal after it has informed the person concerned of his or her right to a formal sur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the issue of negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-3

Issuers shall make public a rating of their issuance programme, obtained from a specialised agency that meets the conditions laid down by the competent administrative authority or, where applicable, h…

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