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Showing 38213830 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-40

…10, the Consultative Commission on the Financial Responsibility of Local Authorities shall give its opinion within three months of the date of receipt, by its chairman, of its referral by the Prime Mi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

…or and the other authors are French nationals or equivalent. By way of derogation and following the opinion of the approval commission, for French-initiated cinematographic works, foreigners other tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are required to comply with management standards designed to guarantee their liquidity and solvency vis-à-vis depositors and, more generally, third parti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

I. - 1. With a view to establishing the property tax on built-up properties, the business property tax, the council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

The surveys provided for in articles R. 1334-20 to R. 1334-22 as well as the periodic assessment of the state of preservation provided for in article R. 1334-27 and the visual examination provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-3

…cial file, the composition of which is set by order of the Minister for Health, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine. This file includes in particular: 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biological diagnosis performed on cells taken from an in vitro embryo

Article R162-44

…gnosis of the territorial public health establishment of Mayotte has the task of giving an advisory opinion in the case of voluntary terminations of pregnancy envisaged on the grounds that there is a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-86

…the academic region in which the sports association or company has its registered office, with his opinion.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Health certification and assessment.

Article L1414-5

With a view to improving the quality of patient care, the Haute Autorité de santé issues an opinion addressed to the ministers responsible for health and industry on the references to harmonised stand…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 672

…ct of a request addressed to the first president of the Court of Cassation who, after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor at the said court, shall decide by an order, which shall not be sub…

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