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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article D2213-1-1-2

Students in the third cycle of medical studies who have completed two semesters in the speciality they are pursuing are authorised to draw up death certificates as part of their postgraduate training…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article D2213-1-1-3

Practitioners with foreign diplomas from outside the European Union are authorised to issue death certificates from the second year of their skills consolidation course, by delegation and under the re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption from producing all the documents mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-1

Article R313-14

The following are exempt from presenting the documents provided for in articles R. 311-3, R. 313-1 to R. 313-4 and R. 313-6 to R. 313-8: 1° Andorran and Monegasque nationals; 2° Foreign nationals hold…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-1

The provisions of this section apply to the public interest groupings referred to in l'article L. 1115-2, the purpose of which is to implement and manage actions required by interregional and cross-bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D721-1

In Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, only the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the Trésor public are required to accept more than fifty euro coins in a single payment.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-3

I.-Shall not be validly registered and, if registered, shall be liable to be declared invalid a trade mark infringing earlier rights having effect in France, in particular: 1° An earlier trade mark :…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
C - Common provisions.

Article R212-12

With regard to the transport undertakings listed at the end of article L. 611-4, the powers conferred by the provisions of this section, either on the Minister responsible for labour, or on the region…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article L131-1

The Cour nationale du droit d'asile is an administrative court, under the authority of a president, a Conseiller d'Etat, appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L315-1

I. - Electronic money is monetary value that is stored in electronic form, including magnetic form, representing a claim on the issuer, that is issued against the remittance of funds for the purposes…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Allocation

Article R2313-1

A purchaser who decides to divide a defence or security contract into lots must indicate, where appropriate, the rules for awarding several lots to the same tenderer in the consultation documents.

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