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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-2

…ct to the possession of the following documents: 1° The written expression of the deceased person's last wishes or a request from any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral and provides pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-34

…ematerialised means, is granted on the following proofs:1° The written expression of the deceased's last wishes or, failing this, the request of any person who is entitled to provide for the funeral a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-15

In application of the last paragraph of Article L. 812-3, persons who have successfully completed a course of study of at least three years' duration or of an equivalent duration on a part-time basis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-40

…elects from among its members by secret ballot, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the last two paragraphs of Article R. 821-58 and for four years, a chairman, a vice-chairman and six mem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R4211-4

…ercial companies does not represent more than 5% of its actual operating revenue as recorded in its last available management account.Shareholdings held by the region, prior to the publication of Decr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-9

…referred to in Article L. 4624-8 is kept for a period of forty years from the date of the holder's last visit or examination within the prevention and occupational health service concerned, subject t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-26

…ing vocational training and to the departments responsible for monitoring teaching mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6211-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-10

…1 to D. 6145-34, R. 6145-36, R. 6145-39, R. 6145-40, R. 6145-43 with the exception of the first and last paragraphs, R. 6145-45, R. 6145-46 with the exception of the first paragraph, R. 6145-47, R. 61…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…e IV of Book III, constituted at the level of the insurance undertaking, Article R. 441-7-1 and the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21 do not apply. II. - For agreements entered into on or after 1 Se…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R761-5

…the agent of the Office" are replaced by the words: "the representative of the association" and the last paragraph is deleted. 13° In Article R. 753-4, the words: "by the French Office for Immigration…

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