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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-10-1

…orities in accordance with the terms and conditions defined in articles L. 2123-12, L. 3123-10, L. 4135-10, L. 7125-12 and L. 7227-12. When a training course contributes to his professional reintegrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-10-1

…orities in accordance with the terms and conditions defined in articles L. 2123-12, L. 3123-10, L. 4135-10, L. 7125-12 and L. 7227-12. When a training course contributes to his professional reintegrat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…tember 1994 and by its third amendment signed in Paris on 11 July 2001, approved by the loi n° 2002-1305 du 29 octobre 2002 and published by the decree no. 2002-1500 of 20 December 2002;b) Agreement i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

I. - Where the payment transaction is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…the conditions provided for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. -…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-7

…representatives, directors, employees and agents of the associations mentioned in I of Article L. 513-3 of this Code are bound by professional secrecy in the context of the tasks mentioned in I, unde…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2191-7

…ctor eligible for direct payment is a small or medium-sized enterprise mentioned in article R. 2151-13, the minimum rate of the advance payment is increased to :1° 30% for public contracts awarded by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-17-7

…uncil and Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, no proceedings based onArticle 226-13 of the Criminal Code may be brought against the directors and officers of the persons mentioned i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-6

…article R. 211-13 or one of the specific performance bans provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-1

…n schools and universities and in terms of the adapted military service provided for in article L. 4132-12 of the Defence Code, the region is responsible for regional policy on access to vocational tr…

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