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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-50

…ndix to a report by the Director providing full information on the activity of the régie during the last financial year and indicating the measures that should be taken to: 1° Lowering cost prices; 2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-5-1

…urban solidarity and social cohesion grant is paid, the populations authenticated at the end of the last population census. The populations of priority urban neighbourhoods are established by order of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-65-1

A victim or civil party who, in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Article 712-16-2, wishes to be informed of the release of a person convicted of an offence referred to in Articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31-1

…as handed down for acts committed before 13 December 2005, in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article 41 of law no. 2005-1549 of 12 December 2005 relating to the treatment of r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15-2

…the transaction so that it can receive the suitability statement beforehand.For the purposes of the last paragraph of Article L. 533-15, professional clients wishing to benefit from the guarantees pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-37

If the beneficiary cannot be reached at the last address indicated by him/her, the sums to which he/she is entitled are held at his/her disposal by the company for a period of one year from the date o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-19

…is delegate by a reasoned statement of appeal sent by any means to the registry of the Court of Appeal. The statement shall be recorded, stating the date and time. The Registrar of the Court of Appeal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating principles for inpatient units for prisoners with mental disorders

Article R3214-2

…rison services will inform the director of the healthcare establishment and the doctor who made the last request for hospitalisation, so that the latter can contact the manager of the nearest unit. Ho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-3

…mplementation of the provisions of the second paragraph of Article R. 761-12-2, from receipt of the last document completing the file. The deadline may be extended by one month if justified by the com…

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

Article R2531-32

…er the conditions set out in articles L. 2334-2 and L. 2334-4. The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income.For the application of c of 3° of II of Article L. 2531-13, communes…

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