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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96

…icle 93, publications are made, insofar as circumstances allow, at the place of the future spouse's last domicile; they are also provided, in the unit to which the interested party belongs, under the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 346

…and the public prosecutor are allowed to reply, but the accused or his lawyer will always have the last word.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-11

…dies with some of their responsibilities in accordance with the mandatory provisions set out in the last paragraph of I of article L. 131-8. They shall monitor the performance of this task and shall i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Status of permanent and temporary employees of the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-54

…nked to this company by assignment contracts for a total period of at least three months during the last calendar year.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-91-1

The member of the Board or the agent appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11, who has access to all the documents in the file, will receive a copy of the interested party's writt…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-1

When the course is taken as part of initial training, it lasts a minimum of 900 hours, including 600 hours at a training centre. The pathway on entry to the training course is defined by the training…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-24

…ers to oppose the demerger, under the conditions and with the effects provided for in the second to last paragraphs of Article L. 236-15.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-38

By way of derogation from the last paragraph of Article L. 541-15 of the Environment Code, the terms and procedures for drawing up, publishing, monitoring, evaluating and revising the regional waste p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-2

…suing of revenue titles. However, this period includes an additional period which extends until the last day of January of the following year. This paragraph does not apply to operations relating sole…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-10

…de santé by the ministers responsible for health and social security, on the order mentioned in the last paragraph of II of Article L. 5125-23, specifies the time limit within which this opinion is to…

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