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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-15

…liable, under the conditions set out in articles L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-33 for municipal councillors and mayors, accidents to members of their deliberative bodies and their chairmen in the performance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-15

…ution of advisory or supervisory committees, the composition or appointment of staff, the formation and approval of budgets, the approval of accounts, the rules of internal administration and accounti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-6

Where the court is seised on the basis of the provisions of articles 1564-3 and 1564-4, the case shall be set for a short time.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-4

…the Civil Code , formalising the respective claims of the parties, accompanied by the pleas in fact and in law, with an indication for each claim of the documents relied on.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-3

When the conventional phase has made it possible to bring the case to trial and to reach a partial agreement on the substance of the dispute, the application for reinstatement is accompanied by a lawy…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-5

Where the conventional phase has not made it possible to bring the case to trial, in whole or in part, the case shall be reinstated at the request of the most diligent party, to be brought to trial, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-15

…ithout sending the administrative authority a document showing how the sums received have been used and setting out the educational and financial results of its activity, the balance sheet, the profit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-15

Advertising or propaganda, in any form whatsoever, relating to objects, devices and methods, presented as favouring the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of diseases, conditions relating to surgical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

…oviders, are subject to the provisions of Article 111 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and to the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to this Article.These veterinarians are subject to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-15

…s involved, after the authorisation holder has been given the opportunity to present its observations.In urgent cases, the authority that issued the authorisation may suspend it without any prior form…

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