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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article D2213-1-1-3

Practitioners with foreign diplomas from outside the European Union are authorised to issue death certificates from the second year of their skills consolidation course, by delegation and under the re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D446-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article D621-37-1-3

Suspension and, where applicable, immediate dismissal may not exceed the remainder of the term of office.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

The list of proposals for the appointment of a member of the non-medical staff to the Management Board drawn up by the Chairman of the Nursing, Rehabilitation and Medico-Technical Committee shall cont…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-5

The patent application must, within one month of the filing of the documents, be followed by payment of: 1° The filing fee; 2° The search report fee, unless the application has been filed in the form…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 M

I. - Communes and their public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a general deliberation taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-90

Any national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who is in one of the following situations is deemed to satisfy the qualifi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-30-1

Hospital practitioners working full-time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their working hours, up to a limit of two half-days per week, calculated as an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Candidate registration requirements

Article A212-38-1

The tutor mentioned in articles R. 212-10-19 and R. 212-10-20 has the qualifications required by the decree for the diploma for which accreditation is requested. His duties are those defined in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-18-3

When a commune ceases to be eligible for the allocation, it receives, as a non-renewable guarantee, an allocation equal to half of that which it received the previous year. When a commune ceases to be…

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