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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-10

…ments, civil servants and non-tenured employees of the Parisian administrations governed by article 13 of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 211-9 Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 211-10 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 211-11 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 211-12 order no. 2011-1895 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-4

…t he confers in this capacity on the representative for the appointment of labour tribunal members; 13° The name of the organisation presenting the candidate. II. - Where the candidate is standing as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

…icle L. 522-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as the persons mentioned in Article L. 522-13 of the same code; d) The banking and payment services intermediaries mentioned in article L. 519-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5

…n additional or different work. The statutory auditor may also decide to carry out additional work. 13. These changes and the reasons for them are recorded in the statutory auditor's file. Communicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16

…m 2° of this I, tourist municipalities set up as classified tourist resorts pursuant to articles L. 133-13 and L. 151-3 of the Tourism Code may decide, by deliberation and after receiving the opinion…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Enforcement of European protection orders in the Member States of the European Union pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

Article 696-90

A European protection order may be issued by the competent authority of a Member State, called the issuing State, for the purpose of extending to the territory of another Member State, called the exec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-3

…2016 L. 312-5 to L. 312-11 Resulting from Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 312-12 and L. 312-13 Resulting from Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 312-14 to L. 312-16 Resulting from Order…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-6

…ister for the Budget, if none of them has objected within this period.The decisions provided for in 13° of article R. 112-4 are automatically enforceable fifteen days after their receipt by the minist…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

I.-As an exception to law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil servi…

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