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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-9-3

The development grant envelope for overseas municipalities mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 2334-23-1 is distributed between New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-24

I.-The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may oppose the execution of a transaction that has not yet been executed, of which it has become aware as a result of information communicated to it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-14

The clinical selection of donors referred to in article R. 1211-13 is supplemented for any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes by medical biology…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-28

I.-Any dispute concerning the price stated in the repurchase offer referred to in Article L. 236-40 shall be brought before the court within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D112-7

The institution is responsible for conserving, restoring, studying, enriching, presenting to the public and promoting collections in the sporting domain belonging to the State, local authorities, publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-6

I. - The authority responsible for the public website shall take the necessary technical measures to ensure the integrity of the site on which it makes public the reports referred to in article L. 351…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-36-2

The application for authorisation to put a healthcare vehicle into service provided for in article R. 6312-36-1 may be submitted by any person holding an authorisation provided for in article L. 6312-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Persons responsible for social and personality investigations or contributing to judicial supervision or probationary suspension

Article R121-1

It is allocated to personality investigators and judicial controllers, authorised natural persons: 1° For the verification of the material, family or social situation of persons who are the subject of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4221-5

The Regional Council may delegate some of its powers to its standing committee, with the exception of those relating to the vote on the budget, approval of the administrative account and measures of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3211-2

The departmental council may delegate some of its powers to the standing committee, with the exception of those referred to in articles L. 3312-1 et L. 1612-12 to L. 1612-15. It may modify the list of…

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