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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Assessment of existing regulatory standards

Article R1213-30

…ing local and regional authorities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status. The rapporteur prepares the draft assessment opinion on which the National Council deliberat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-24

…to which the judicial environmental officer belongs is located. Judicial environmental officers may not effectively exercise the powers attached to this status or rely on it unless they are assigned t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R80

…department by letter, telegram, teletransmission or magnetic medium with an indication of the civil status of the person whose bulletin is requested, the capacity of the requesting authority and the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article D213-18

…d L. 213-9, the provisions of Articles R. 228-57 to 59 of the Commercial Code are applicable to the notice mentioned in Article L. 213-11 insofar as they are compatible with the legal status of associ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Notaries

Article R444-66

Notaries may not collect any revenue duty for the collection or custody of capital and securities deposited for the direct execution of a deed of sale or loan executed in their office. Notaries must,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Transmission of information to the maternal and child protection service.

Article R2112-21

…isions of article 11 of decree no. 62-921 of 3 August 1962 amending certain rules relating to civil status records, within forty-eight hours of the birth being declared, to the doctor in charge of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Photographs of models

Article R2133-4

…publications within the meaning of Article 1 of Law No. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press, in advertising correspondence addressed to individuals and in printed advertisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-2

…5, the Agence de la biomédecine assesses the feasibility of the protocol by taking into account the status of the organisation and ensuring the competence of the person in charge of the research team.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of commercial court registrars)

Article R743-139-21

…the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected and to sociétés de participations financières de professions libé…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-14

…5132-10-13-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-funded employment aid for the same position. In the event of a…

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