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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-17

The collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may, with the agreement of the authorities of the Republic, be an associate member of the regional bodies mentioned in article LO 6461-14 or observer with…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-30

If, in carrying out its duties, the regional audit chamber finds that the implementation of the budget has resulted in a deficit likely to lead to the measures for restoring the balance provided for i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Medical assistants.

Article R4623-25-1

The collaborating doctor carries out the tasks assigned to him by the occupational health physician who supervises him, within the framework of the written protocol provided for by article R. 4623-14…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of material safety monitoring

Article R5212-2

Materiovigilance involves : 1° Reporting and recording the incidents or risks of incidents mentioned in articles R. 5212-14 and R. 5212-15; 2° Recording, evaluating and using this information for prev…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-25

An owner or principal tenant who, at the same time as being the lessor of the premises, is the vendor of the business operated there and who has received the full price may refuse renewal only on cond…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-15

If the sums due to rights holders cannot be distributed within three years of the end of the financial year in which the income from the exploitation of the rights was received, and provided that the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-19

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 17

The judicial police officers exercise the powers defined in article 14; they receive complaints and denunciations; they carry out preliminary investigations under the conditions provided for by articl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Tourist residences

Article L321-3

Marketing documents distributed to purchasers of accommodation located in tourist residences referred to in article L. 321-1 of this code must explicitly mention the existence of the right to the so-c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-20

The processing of personal data mentioned in article R. 332-14 implemented by the organisers of profit-making sporting events must be declared to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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