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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article R2513-8

The commander of the Marseilles marine fire brigade is responsible, in the area of jurisdiction provided for under I and II of article L. 2513-3 and for the missions defined in article R. 2513-5, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-85

Where the sentencing court has not fixed the place where the sentenced person is required to reside or has not fixed the periods during which the sentenced person may be absent from this place, these…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-8

…change during the performance of the contract in the allocation of services between the contractor and the subcontractors paid directly or between the subcontractors themselves requires the modificat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-2

…eived by each of the partners, in any capacity whatsoever, subsequent to the conclusion of the pact and not used to acquire property; 2° Property created and its accessories ; 3° Property of a persona…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-86

…ay, in accordance with article 712-1 of this code, authorise the director of the prison integration and probation service or, in the case of a convicted juvenile, the regional director of the judicial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-8

Providing samples of medicinal products is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000: 1° To persons not authorised to prescribe or dispense medicinal products in the context of in-ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional activities

Article R4393-8

Under the responsibility and effective control of the dental surgeon or doctor practising in the field of oral medicine, the dental assistant is authorised to carry out the following activities in com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-8

…ntative.The list shall include the items mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 622-25 and in the first sentence of article R. 622-5 as well as in 2° of article R. 622-23. Where the holde…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II

Article L323-8

…cial authority, intended to preserve or restore the financial situation of an insurance undertaking and which affect the pre-existing rights of parties other than the insurance undertaking itself.When…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-84

…ned in Article R. 123-220 likely to be registered immediately in the national register of companies and establishments are those covered by at least one of the provisions set out below: 1° Legal entit…

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