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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status

Article R5211-12

For the application of II of article L. 5211-28-2: 1° Actual operating revenues are those defined in article R. 2334-3-2, as understood for the application of article L. 2334-7; 2° The deliberative bo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Waste treatment

Article R4412-122

Waste is : 1° Collected as and when it is produced ; 2° Packaged in appropriate, closed packaging, with the labelling required by Decree no. 88-466 of 28 April 1988 relating to products containing asb…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XII: Action to combat discrimination.

Article 1263-1

…heir articles of association, to combat discrimination may bring legal actions arising from the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 on behalf of the victim of discrimination. The association must prove tha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Request for an opinion from the Council of State

Article R2333-120-63

…87-9 is taken by the committee acting as a collegial body. It is sent by the committee clerk's office to the secretariat of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Conseil d'Etat, along with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

…s set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-16 and by 3° of article L. 2321-2, may only take place if the body providing the training course or session has received approval issued by the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4332-12

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by psychomotricians whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4332-6.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Multiannual risk management programme

Article R1443-12

…comprises a maximum of twenty-one members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1432-28, including :1° No more than three member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-12

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by dental assistants whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4393-14.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-12

The President shall designate, by order made in the first fortnight of January, the judge who is to deputise for him or her in the event of impediment as provided for in the second paragraph of Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12

…ndividual basis, as an employee of a natural or legal person holding a commercial court clerk's office, in the form of professional non-trading companies or in the form of self-employed companies as p…

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