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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Urban policy allocation

Article R2334-36

The classification mentioned in the last paragraph of I of article L. 2334-40 is a function of a synthetic index of resources and charges, made up for each commune:1° Of the ratio between the financia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-19

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency prepares, adopts and evaluates the regional multi-annual plan for risk management and the efficiency of the healthcare system provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Dispensing to the public

Article R5126-61

The following shall be removed from the list mentioned in article R. 5126-58: 1° A medicinal product which ceases to fulfil the condition mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° of article R. 5126-59. This deletion…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

I. - The provisions of articles R. 5211-19 to R. 5211-40 shall apply to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-5

For the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the offence provided for in article 431-10 of the Criminal Code, the judicial police officers mentioned in 2° to 4° of the article 16 of this code and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-2

The following may not be validly registered and, if registered, may be declared invalid: 1° A sign which cannot constitute a trade mark within the meaning of Article L. 711-1; 2° A trade mark devoid o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-2

Article L. 1220-1 and Chapter I of Title II of Book II of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1221-8-2, L. 1221-9, L. 1221-10-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENCE

Article R731-1

The administrative authority ascertains the state of health of the foreign national defined in article L. 731-4 under the conditions provided for in articles R. 611-1 and R. 611-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article D1424-32-2

The provisions of article D. 3311-4 with the exception of the sixth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth paragraphs, the articles D. 3311-5, D. 3321-1 and D. 3321-2, D. 3332-3 et D. 3342…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 octies

In accordance with articles L. 442-1and L. 443-10 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, the daily remuneration for services rendered and the allowances mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L.…

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