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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36

…averages are established by the departmental consultative committee provided for in article L. 1424-21.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 357

…hin the limit of the first surname for each of them, joined in alphabetical order.Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or this article has been applied in respe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…t the offence or of the thing that is the object or product of the offence, pursuant to article 131-21 of the same Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-3

…ation may also be investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the French Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in article L. 511-7 of the same code. T…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D151-1

…munes, their fractions or their groupings are set up as classified tourist resorts. " "Art. R. 4424-21 of the General Local Authorities Code. The composition of the application for designation as a to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

…he Public Health Code if it is established, after the expert assessment provided for in Article 712-21 of this Code, that he or she is likely to undergo treatment. A person sentenced to at least five…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Criminal provisions.

Article R331-45

…contravenes the instructions provided by the technical organiser in accordance with article R. 331-21 and who implements the safety measures laid down pursuant to article R. 331-26 is liable to a fou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-71

…ption or claims were drafted in a foreign language under the conditions laid down in article R. 612-21.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…e of the hearing informs the parties that the written investigation provided for in articles R. 532-21 to R. 532-24 has been completed.In urgent cases, including where the first paragraph of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes

Article L5137-1

…s for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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