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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER (R).

Article R2151-1

I. - The persons taken into account in the population categories defined below are persons residing in the dwellings of a municipality, those residing in communities as defined in V and VI of this art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…ux Comptes is an independent public authority. The Haut Conseil carries out the following missions: 1° It registers the statutory auditors and third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-11

I.-For the agreements referred to in 1° of Article R. 1453-10, each company shall make public the following information, in addition to its own identity including its corporate name, its corporate pur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative approval

Article L382-1

…are consulted before granting authorisation to a supplementary occupational pension fund which is : 1° Either a subsidiary of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking authorised in another Member State…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and purpose of sector collective agreements

Article L7343-27

The provisions of this section shall apply to platforms in the sectors of activity mentioned in Article L. 7343-1, hereinafter referred to as "platforms", and to self-employed workers using these plat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Consultation of voters

Article D6233-1

The provisions of articles D. 6232-1 to D. 6232-12 are applicable to the consultation of electors, subject to the replacement of the last two paragraphs of article D. 6232-1 by the following paragraph…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-4-1

…s under this chapter, shall be conducted, after the athlete has been notified of the test, either : 1° By the person responsible for taking the sample ; 2° By a person designated by the person respons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-16

I. - The eligible financial securities mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 214-24-55 meet the following conditions: 1° The potential loss to which the general-purpose investment fund is exposed as a re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-7

The terms of application of articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-6 are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4-4

…nditionally available to their customers free of charge clearly specifies the following information:1° The role of the incoming institution and the outgoing institution at each stage of the banking mo…

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