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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Gifts and bequests

Article R3213-14

…me of delivery or sending into possession, the revenue or expenditure transactions affecting the assets bequeathed to a department or departmental public establishment are carried out under the contro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Gifts and bequests

Article R3213-13

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the department or departmental public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the departmental or, where applicable, regional dir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-53

When the mission order referred to in article R. 232-46 provides for urine to be collected, the person in charge of the test or the escort provided for in article R. 232-56 who directly monitors urina…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approval of professional associations

Article R513-26

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall give its decision on the application for authorisation within three months of the date of receipt of a complete file. It will notify the asso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-29

…ministerial authority renews the authorisation on the basis of the information mentioned in article R. 1261-25 and the establishment's internal control report and, for activities that are subject to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-47

Any member may, at any time, obtain copies of the documents referred to in Article R. 4113-46, the minute books, accounting records and documents and, more generally, any documents held by the company…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-17

…e these measurements carried out by a laboratory approved under the conditions laid down in article R. 1333-26 or by the Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire. It shall ensure that the re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for by Article R. 811-3 below, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Les dispositions du livre Ier à l'exception des articles R. 133-1, R.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Tasks of approved professional associations

Article R513-7

…ociation verifies that its members comply with the obligation to take out a financial guarantee as set out in article L. 512-7. It ensures that the amount of the guarantee referred to in article R. 51…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-6

…1614-3, based on the expenditure incurred by the State in 1998 for the actions mentioned in article R. 4332-7, after deduction of Community aid allocated to these actions in the same year.

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