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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-21

…rator directly at any time. The authorised persons in charge of remote control contact, as required and in accordance with established procedures, the police and gendarmerie forces, as well as the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-21

…itan territory or an overseas department. The pre-transport declaration indicates the presumed date and time of the operation, the name and address of the duly authorised operator carrying it out, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency department structure.

Article R6123-21

…ealth care organisation organises the coordination of patient care between the emergency department and the other acute care or follow-up departments in the health care organisation if it has one, or,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-21

The consultative commission provided for in article L. 2113-23, as it stood prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, meets in the town hall annex.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-21

At the hearing, the parties and, where he is not a party, the third party who requested admission to psychiatric care may ask to be heard or submit their observations in writing, in which case the par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Industrial and commercial public services.

Article D2573-21

…D. 2224-2, the first four paragraphs of article D. 2224-3, the first paragraph of article D. 2224-4 and the first two paragraphs of article D. 2224-5 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-21

The portion intended to compensate for expenditure on studies and the conduct of the operation shall be the subject, at the request of the President of the Regional Council, of two payments of equal a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article D210-21

For the application of the provisions of this book, the number of employees is determined according to the provisions of the last paragraph of article D. 123-200. The categories of persons included in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-21

…knowledgement of receipt to the registry of the court of appeal. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the procedure without compulsory representation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article R210-21

…s of the publication of the declaration of the company's status as a société à mission in the Trade and Companies Register.When the company meets the conditions mentioned in article L. 210-12, the fir…

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