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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-12

In application of article L. 1221-3, any public or private body, of any nature whatsoever, wishing to provide training for local elected representatives provided for in articles L. 2123-12, L. 3123-10…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-12

…re de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, any additional information they may have on cases they have reported and on cases that have been reported by a third party. The organisations th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-12

The purchaser may require tenderers to attach a French translation to the documents drawn up in another language that they submit pursuant to article R. 2151-6. It does not require a certified transla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L941-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L742-12

The Livret A is distributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentione…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-12

…he prefect draws up a list of voters from whom he has received the envelope in which the votes were cast. The list is closed at 6 p.m. on the eve of the counting of votes in the first ballot. Any enve…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conformity, safety and enhancement of products and services

Article L511-12

…s of the following regulations and any European regulations amending them or adopted for their application:-Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

…nt plan; 5° The establishment's initial budget and amending budgets, the financial account, the allocation of profits, the employment table and loans; 6° Contracts, public procurement contracts, grant…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Access to detention facilities

Article L744-12

…on at any time.They may be accompanied by one or more journalists holding the professional identity card mentioned in article L. 7111-6 of the Labour Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…Evaluation and Statistics, the Directorate General for Health and the Directorate General for Healthcare Provision, the Directorate for Social Security, the General Secretariat of the Social Ministrie…

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