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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the French Polynesia Local Finance Committee.

Article R2573-44

The amount of taxes, duties and fees mentioned in Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia is that entered in the administrative account…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-9

…sponsible for compliance with the processing management rules.The right of access and rectification may be exercised with the latter under the conditions set out in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (E…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…ticle 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least three ci…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-28

The content of the training may be adapted where the persons concerned can provide their employer with evidence of having obtained a national diploma covering the knowledge, diligence and approaches p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

…ts of access and rectification provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 may be exercised with the health establishment or the medical-psychological emergency…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-28

…members of which are the doctors sitting on the advisory commission provided for in article R. 1424-27. This committee is chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. The commission may be asked for its opin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to certain group provident and insurance operations.

Article A441-4

…ision referred to in Article R. 441-21 and the distribution of rights referred to in Article R. 441-27 are carried out using the mortality tables and the relevant risk-free interest rate curve used to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article L2363-6

The provisions of articles L. 2353-13 to L. 2353-27-1 relating to the operation of the European Company Committee apply to the European Cooperative Society.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article R354-3

For the application of Article R. 354-2, in Article R. 341-27, the reference: "R. 341-20" is replaced by the reference: "R. 341-24".

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-28

Articles R. 6223-26 and R. 6223-27 also apply to the transfer free of charge of all or part of its shares by one of the members.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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