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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)

Article R1612-36

If the regional audit chamber finds that the expenditure is not compulsory or that the appropriations entered are sufficient to cover it, it shall notify its decision, which shall be substantiated, to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-36

When the cremation is carried out in a commune other than that in which the coffin was closed, a copy of the declaration of transport is immediately sent, by any means, to the mayor of the commune of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-36

The accounts of the régies are kept under the conditions defined by a chart of accounts that complies with the general chart of accounts. This chart of accounts is drawn up by the minister responsible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article D2223-36

Agents who have the professional capacity under the conditions of Article D. 2223-35 are deemed to provide proof of professional training for the function they perform.

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

Article D2224-36

Where the service area of a distribution organisation and a regulated sales tariff supplier coincides with the territory of a single concession, the information required to draw up this report is reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Care that may be ordered in the event of a mental disorder that has impaired discernment

Article D47-36

The sentence enforcement judge of the jurisdiction in which the person subject to an obligation of care under article 706-136-1 at his habitual residence, assisted by the prison integration and probat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C. - Judicial constraint.

Article D48-36

In the event of wilful failure to pay the sum of money corresponding to a pecuniary penalty imposed as a sentence for acts which would constitute under French law a felony or misdemeanour punishable b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of sentences court

Article D49-36

The adversarial hearing provided for in Article 712-7 must take place no later than the sixth month following the lodging of the application under the conditions laid down by article D. 49-11. Failing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-36

The expert opinion provided for in article 723-31 may not be ordered if the convicted person's individual file contains an expert report dating back less than two years, ordered where applicable when…

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