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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-25

…26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate signing authority to the heads of the said d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-25

…lateral decision by the employer, employees already working for the company when the plan is set up may, on their own initiative, opt out of the mandatory employee payments. The plan must also be able…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25

…c committee who have not been expressly mandated by an organisation mentioned in article L. 2232-24 may negotiate, conclude, revise or terminate collective labour agreements.These negotiations only co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R613-25

…ase of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of I, the extract must also specify that any creditor may obtain a copy of the liquidation report from the registry of the competent court, in accordance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25

…on exceeds the amount that the payer could reasonably have expected in accordance with I, the payer may not invoke reasons relating to an exchange transaction if the reference exchange rate agreed wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-25

…and washing water, to a system capable of opposing the passage of rodents and retaining matter that may cause blockages; these facilities include a sufficient number of manholes to facilitate unblocki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Monitoring public exposure and informing the public

Article R1333-25

…lts.The results of environmental radioactivity measurements carried out as part of research studies may be excluded from the network.III - The objectives of the national network for measuring environm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article D2123-25

Mayors, deputy mayors, deputy mayors in associated communes, deputy mayors in delegated communes, presidents and vice-presidents of urban communities, compulsorily affiliated to the scheme of the inst…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-25

…erogation from the previous paragraph, the legal representative of the local mission or Pôle emploi may take a decision to pay the allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6 as a precautionary measure,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-25

…gency in its mission to contribute to the definition of national and European research policies. It may make recommendations on any scientific and technical issue falling within the Agency's remit. Th…

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