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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-11

…igations owed to subscribers and customers pursuant to articles L. 214-23-1 and L. 533-11 to L. 533-16. Direct marketers shall provide the canvassed person, on paper or on another durable medium, in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Working conditions and forward-looking management of jobs and skills

Article L2241-12

…taking into account the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors listed in article L. 4161-1. Negotiations on the forward-looking management of jobs and skills may take place at regional…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3241-1

…III of Part Three with the exception of the first paragraph of article L. 3312-2, 2°, 3° and 7° to 16° of article L. 3321-1 and article L. 3321-2;2° By Chapters II and V of Title III of Book III of P…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-284

…e fund whose jurisdiction is determined in accordance with the rules established by Articles R. 722-16 and D. 731-14 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. When a natural or legal person transfers th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The council of the communauté de communes.

Article L5214-8

Articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-15

…132-17, as well as to any interested person, under the conditions provided for in l'article L. 4132-16.Transmitted by the local authority to the State representative and the local authority's accounti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Drawing up agreements with third parties

Article R1261-23

…pplication for authorisation of the training or research project in accordance with article R. 1261-16. The agreement organises the relationship between this entity and the institution. In the situati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation prior to disciplinary action

Article R4443-11

…e applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version set out in Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations set out in II. II.- For application in New Caledonia and F…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R1613-1

Salary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionn…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

I.-Par délibération prise dans les conditions prévues au VI de l'article 1639 A bis, les organes délibérants des communes ou des établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre…

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