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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-10

I. - The articles L. 5211-41 to L. 5211-41-3 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV.II. - For the application of articles L. 5211-41, L. 5211-41-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R1311-10

Skin-invasive tattooing may only be carried out using tattooing products that comply with the provisions of Articles L. 513-10-1 to L. 513-10-10. The rods used during initial piercing until healing an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

The municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system or the Lyon metropolis may, by a deliberation taken before 1st July of the year preceding that of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-10

The Commission's secretariat is placed under the functional authority of the Chairman. It is provided by staff seconded by the Office. The Commission adopts internal rules in accordance with standard…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VII: Review in civil matters

Article 1031-13

On pain of inadmissibility of the application for review, the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-10

Testing of medicinal products, within the meaning of 9° of article L. 5121-20, means all chemical, pharmaceutical and biological tests, non-clinical tests and clinical trials. Without prejudice to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to offences leading to the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-10

The official statement of offence referred to in Article A. 37-1 is orange in colour and its characteristics are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are the details provided for in I o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-10

The company is formed subject to the suspensive condition of its approval by the director general of the regional health agency for the region in which the company has its registered office.The applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-10

The Centre's Director General is responsible for the Centre's affairs other than those listed in Article L. 6162-9. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment and reports to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-10

The orders of the Minister responsible for industrial property provided for in Articles L. 613-16and L. 613-17 shall be made following the reasoned opinion of a commission composed as follows: 1° A Co…

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