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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid to establishments retailing new books

Article R1511-43-4

Per year, the amount of the grant awarded, on the basis of Article L. 2251-5, by the communes and their groupings, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the collectivity of Saint-Martin and the commun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-19

The grant allocated to the regions of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion comprises a first part equal to 80% of the amount of the grant intended to compensate for expenditure on studies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee undertaking

Article R7123-27

The guarantee provided for in article L. 7123-20 may only be given by a collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guarantees where this body…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-4

The amount of the grant is set at €20,000.When the application is submitted by two authors, the amount of the grant is shared as agreed between them.The grant is paid in a single instalment at the tim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 12…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-7

…possible to examine the patient, the psychiatrist at the host establishment will draw up a medical opinion based on the medical records. When the duration of care exceeds a continuous period of one y…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-54

…aft statutes of the hospital foundation to the supervisory boards. This draft is accompanied by the opinion of the establishment's medical committees. Where one of the public health institutions is a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Audiovisual communication.

Article L4433-30

…1986 on freedom of communication, concern an overseas region, the authority shall first obtain the opinion of the regional council concerned. This opinion is deemed to have been given in the absence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-4

…otection committee within twenty-four hours that this application has already received a favourable opinion from another committee. The designated committee may ask the Minister responsible for health…

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

Article LO6252-14

…after deliberation by the executive council, refer to the administrative tribunal a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Barthélemy or on the applicability in the colle…

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