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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R784-6

…le:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D3123-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 3123-20-1. In the event of an overpayment, the department will proceed to recover the undue amount from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D4135-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 4135-20-1.In the event of overpayment, the region shall recover the undue amount from the date on which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-28

…distribution of the funds between the two parts mentioned in 1° and 2°, which may not be less than 20% each. It specifies the selection procedures for the courses mentioned in 2°.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R6152-537

…known as the consolidation phase of the third cycle of medical studies mentioned in article R. 632-20 of the Education Code, once validated, is counted as one year towards obtaining the title of form…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Liens and security interests

Article A743-11

…otal cancellation of a registration that has not expired: a) Amount of preferential sums less than €20,800 7.81 € b) Amount of preferential sums greater than or equal to €20,800 34.56 € 90 Partial can…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…) et R. 135-1 à R. 135-4;L'article R. 136-1 est applicable dans sa rédaction résultant du décret n° 2021-1369 du 20 octobre 2021;L'articles R. 122-3, R. 122-6, R. 122-7, R. 122-8, R. 122-10, R. 122-11…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-125

…tten test covering all aspects of high-level practice in the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2); - an oral test covering the organisation and national and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R782-11

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-10 to R. 613-12no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-13no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 613-14n° 2021-941 of 15 July 202…

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