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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-26

In the event of the death or resignation of an elected full member or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, he is replaced by his alternate. If, for reasons of the same nature,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-29

The committee elects its chairman from among its members by secret ballot by an absolute majority. If, after two ballots, no member of the committee has obtained an absolute majority, a third ballot i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-14

The provisions of articles R. 4135-1, R. 4135-3 and D. 4135-20 to D. 4135-23 apply to the chairmen and members of advisory councils.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune and merged communes

Article R2113-6

Subject to the specific provisions of this section, the provisions of articles L. 53 to L. 78 and the Articles R. 40 to R. 80 of the Electoral Code concerning preparatory operations for the ballot, vo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-48

Each establishment or body mentioned in 2° of Article R. 2142-42 shall ensure that a procedure is put in place to prevent the use of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos mentioned in 1° of I of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee.

Article R313-25

The contract for the issue of bonds issued by a credit institution whose sole purpose is to refinance promissory notes complying with the provisions of articles L. 313-42 to L. 313-49 shall explicitly…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Public health establishments, public medico-social establishments, health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under public law and army hospitals

Article R5126-48

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5126-46, the pharmacist responsible for managing the internal use pharmacy is appointed by the legal representative of the managing legal entity. In the case of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-19

Renewal is granted or refused following a procedure identical to that followed for an initial application for approval. An organisation which has not submitted the annual report referred to in Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-12

In application of article L. 1221-3, any public or private body, of any nature whatsoever, wishing to provide training for local elected representatives provided for in articles L. 2123-12, L. 3123-10…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-21

In the absence of an application for renewal, approval lapses on expiry of the two- or four-year period for which it was issued..

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