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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-26

The body is placed in a hermetically sealed coffin meeting the conditions set out in Article R. 2213-27 in the following cases: 1° If the person was suffering at the time of death from one of the tran…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29-1

The private guards mentioned in Article 29 are commissioned by the owner or any other holder of rights over the property they are responsible for guarding. They must be approved by the prefect of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-20

At least two expert biologists responsible for carrying out the analyses provided for in articles R. 3354-13 and R. 3354-14 and one or more expert doctors whose duties are provided for in article R. 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-20

The commission is consulted on those provisions of the special budget of the police prefecture that relate to the financing of the Paris fire brigade.The consultative commission must also be asked for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-21

Within the limits of its competence, the consultative commission receives communication, when they are transmitted to the Paris council, of documents of a budgetary nature relating to the Paris fire b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-20

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, as far as is necessary, the procedures for applying the provisions of articles L. 4321-15 to L. 4321-19-7, in particular the representation of professio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-2

An employer who is aware of an accident at work resulting in the death of a worker and who fails to inform the Labour Inspectorate, in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 4121-5, is l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-2

As stated in Article 226-26 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of diverting information gathered on a person by means of an examination of their genetic characteristics from their…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies G

I.-Any taxable person may take advantage of the special declaration and payment arrangements set out in this article if: 1° Who has established his place of business in France or has a permanent estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-20

…ubstituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, dans se…

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