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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-1

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Collection": the collection of faeces as defined in 2°, under the responsibility of the establishment or body mentioned in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-177-1

Any site authorised for medical care and rehabilitation activity includes :1° One or more rooms dedicated to rehabilitation, adapted to the nature of the care provided and the therapeutic project impl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-5-1

The detailed description of the drinking water transport and distribution works referred to in article L. 2224-7-1 and the detailed description of the wastewater collection and transport works referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-114-14

The accounting officer of the local authority is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of the lo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-14

The accounting officer of the local authority is solely responsible and liable for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect income, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-14

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will send the employer, by any means that confirms receipt by the addressee, a reasoned notification of the rate of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Student aid.

Article D4151-18

The scale of assistance referred to in article L. 4151-8 granted in the form of study grants comprises, on the one hand, levels to which minimum income ceilings correspond and, on the other hand, a li…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Role of doping prevention medical units

Article D232-1

A doping prevention medical unit is any structure set up by a health establishment to provide specialised consultations and doping prevention activities for athletes.This structure is part of a sports…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-117

If it includes glazed sections, the burial compartment must include a visual obscuring process for the purposes of medium and long distance transport. The internal surface of the burial compartment mu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-118

The distinctive signs of the user of the vehicle transporting the body after coffining and of other vehicles participating in funeral convoys are limited to three per vehicle, each with a surface area…

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