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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-25

…of vacancies, additional appointments may be made under the conditions set out in articles L. 1441-26 to L. 1441-31.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-8

Articles D. 1611-19, D. 1611-20 et D. 1611-26 are applicable to mandates entrusted by local authorities and their public establishments pursuant to article L. 1611-7-1.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-48

…sales undertakings for 2021 is equal to the average of the sums entered in their account for 2018, 2019 and 2020, without prejudice to the application of the formula provided for in article 721-19. O…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-18-1

The six-month period provided for the shareholders' meeting by article L. 223-26 may be extended, at the request of the manager, by order of the president of the commercial court, ruling on a petition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-236

The insurance risks referred to in article L. 214-187 are those covered by classes 1 to 26 mentioned in article R. 321-1 of the French Insurance Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Residence conditions for in-patient prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article R3214-16

Articles R. 322-26 and R. 322-27 of the Penitentiary Code set out the provisions relating to the application of the prison disciplinary system in the specially adapted unit.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency medical facilities

Article D6124-9

Special provisions, specified in article D. 6124-26-2, are applicable to the doctor in charge of a paediatric emergency unit mentioned in 3° of article R. 6123-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

…he three fractions of the rural solidarity allocation at least equal to the allocations received in 2019 under each of these three fractions.During the three years following 1 January of the year of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A bis

…Union;b) To work and expenditure eligible for the bonus provided for in II of Article 15 of Law No 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 and carried out in favour of the energy renovation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-18

…have access to detention facilities under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 744-22 to R. 744-26.

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