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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-18

The procedure defined in articles D. 6262-12 to D. 6262-15 applies when the local authority or one of its public establishments has not transmitted the administrative account provided for in article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Footbridges and stairways.

Article R4534-82

…h people walk are fitted with guardrails at a height of 90 centimetres and skirting boards at least 15 centimetres high, or with any other protective device of at least equivalent effectiveness, at th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-39

The recruitment of the people referred to in article L. 5132-15-1-1 on open-ended contracts by integration workshops and work sites entitles them to financial assistance, up to the number of integrati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R8262-2

…by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Criminal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: University Hospital High Committee

Article D6142-49

The Haut Comité hospitalo-universitaire instituted in article L. 6142-15 may be consulted on any issue relating to the university hospital missions of hospitals and university teaching centres, partic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Provisions applicable to certain contracts concluded for properties located in priority development areas

Article 239 sexies D

…years. These provisions apply to transactions entered into between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2015 for the leasing, under a leasing contract, of buildings located in regional aid areas and rural r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article R314-7

For an overdraft authorisation or overdraft facility, where the annual percentage rate of charge is calculated before they are used, the calculation is made using the method defined by the formula set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-21

I. - In the event of the dissolution of a public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation, the board of directors shall meet no later than 30 June of the year following the dissolution,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-9

…ulations used to verify compliance with the requirements referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 356-15 are carried out at least once a year by the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Art…

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