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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

…eatment;6° A relative or a person likely to act in the interests of the person undergoing treatment;7° The public prosecutor.The liberty and custody judge may also refer the matter to himself at any t…

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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 R442-3

…"It authorises its holder to work in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable locally"; 7° Article R. 434-5 reads as follows:"Art. R. 434-5 .-For the application of 2° of Article L. 434-7,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

…oned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants;7° Interest on the debt ;8° The operating expenses of colleges;9° The metropolitan authority's contr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-3

I. - For a given financial year, the total amount of profit sharing guaranteed by the company or the supplementary occupational retirement fund under article A. 132-2 must be less than a ceiling calcu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-2

…in 4°. The declarant must specify the amount in absolute terms and as a percentage of the capital; 7° If known to the declarant, any of the activities mentioned in 4° and 5° that are currently being…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

…In the second paragraph, the words: "approved within the meaning of Article L. 1114-1" are deleted; 7° In Article R. 1110-13: a) In the first paragraph, the words "of the board" are replaced by the wo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Lapse of financial assistance

Article 121-9

The periods mentioned in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 232-2

Cinematographic entertainment establishments meet the following conditions: 1° Be in compliance with the provisions relating to the siting and construction of cinematographic entertainment establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Interregional coordination

Article D1432-53-1

The regional health agency of the region in which the river basin committee mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-4

…article L. 423-22;6° Who has been recognised as a refugee or has been granted subsidiary protection;7° Who entered France on a visa for a period of more than three months as the child of a French nati…

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