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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sole sub-section: Conditions for holding office as a member of the committee of the syndicat d'agglomération nouvelle.

Article R5332-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial assistance

Article R5213-78

…de services et de paiement with the payment and monitoring of the aids mentioned in article L. 5213-19 of the Code du travail under the following conditions: a) The aid is granted, within the limits o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-5

…f the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12, in its formation provided for in article R. 6213-19, individually authorise the persons referred to in 3° of article L. 6213-2, who do not meet the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-8

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…ocal authority staff;6° Under the conditions set out in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to the servic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-2

…article R. 123-19, where list A materials and products containing asbestos have been used…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R771-1

…884 of 29 June 2016 R. 712-12 Resulting from Decree no. 2017-896 of 9 May 2017 R. 712-13 to R. 712-19 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 713-2 Resulting from Decree no. 2020-1452 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…pers and filters sold, distributed or offered separately. III. - 1° of I comes into force on 20 May 2020 for tobacco products containing a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficial owner

Article R561-7

…the beneficial owner contained in the registers mentioned in Article L. 561-46 of this Code,Article 2020 of the Civil Code andArticle 1649 AB of the General Tax Code. For the same purposes of verifyin…

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