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

Article L3661-11

…close of the following financial year. The allocation decision taken by the local authority is produced in support of the budgetary decision to take back this result.The deficit result from the operat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-3

…r incurs liability, and the possibility of having this acknowledgement entered on the child's birth certificate on the instructions of the public prosecutor at the request of the child of full age, hi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119

The regulations governing insurance undertakings set out in this Code apply, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in this section, to the bodies referred to in Article L. 771-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional public vocational training service

Article D6121-11

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 5° of II of article L. 6121-2, access to the regional public vocational training service is guaranteed under the same conditions regardless of the person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-11

…of the general renewal of the councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana, the president or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to exercise his mandate, had ceased to exercise h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-11

…al renewal of the councillors to the Assembly of Martinique, the president of the assembly or any vice-president, the president of the executive council or any executive councillor who, for the exerci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-11

…ons of Article L. 5211-5 , the following shall be determined by decree:1° The rules governing practice and, where necessary, equipment ;2° The conditions of validity of the medical prescription referr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-11

The information and prevention visit to which the employee is entitled is an individual one. The main purpose of the visit is: 1° To ask the employee about his state of health; 2° To inform him of any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Referral to the European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 696-111

…to 3 and 5 of Article 24 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation in relation to the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office shall be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-11

Within a period set by regulation from receipt of the application or, if the application is incomplete, within the same period from receipt of all the information necessary for the decision, the Autor…

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