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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-8

Articles D. 1611-19, D. 1611-20 et D. 1611-26 are applicable to mandates entrusted by local authorities and their public establishments pursuant to article L. 1611-7-1.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter D

At the latest at the end of the temporary detention and any renewal thereof, the cash is returned to the person referred to in article 67 ter B, unless it has been seized by customs officers under the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional nature parks.

Article D343-3

The rules relating to regional nature parks are set out in Chapter III of Title III of Book III of the regulatory part of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Work in contact with molten glass or metal

Article D4153-35

I. - It is forbidden to assign young people to work involving the casting of glass or molten metal and to allow them to habitually enter premises used for such work. II. - The prohibition mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-7

The authorised body shall render the accounts provided for in Article D. 1611-32-4 at least once a year. The deadline for submission is set by the mandate in such a way that the principal's public acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-5

Where the mandate stipulates that the authorised body shall have a permanent cash fund, the principal's authorising officer shall determine the amount of this fund, subject to the ceiling stipulated i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-2

Any draft mandate shall give rise to prior consultation with the principal's public accountant, to whom the draft contractual documents shall be sent. The accounting officer's opinion on these documen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-4

The authorised body shall keep separate accounts showing all income and expenses recorded and all cash movements made in respect of the mandate.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-30

Where the person in respect of whom one or more of the measures provided for in Article 706-136 is involuntarily hospitalised, either pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 3213-1 of the Public Heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consultancy

Article D6151-3

Applications and the nature of the tasks that may be assigned to consultants, whether inside or outside the institution, are examined by the Chairman of the Institutional Medical Board. After obtainin…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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