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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22-3

…ng systems;2° An assessment of the uses to which the water is put or may be put from this structure;3° Verification that the distribution network for water from another resource is not connected to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article R1333-36

…or checking the effectiveness of corrective actions and work as provided for in article R. 1333-34; 3° Additional measurements to identify the source(s) and pathways of radon in the building, as provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R2113-24

…ar years mentioned in 1°; > The population taken into account is the population of the new commune. 3° The population taken into account is that mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2334-2.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Register of serious payment incidents

Article L313-6

Articles L. 751-1 to L. 751-6, L. 752-1 to L. 752-3, L. 762-1 and L. 762-2 of the French Consumer Code set out the rules governing the register of serious payment incidents.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-2

For the application of 3° of I of article L. 3332-17-1 to companies, company directors are understood to mean the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of 1° of article 885 O bis of the General Tax…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Visa exemptions

Article L312-6

The documents referred to in 2° and 3° of Article

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-39

At the expiry of the eighteen-month period provided for in Article L. 612-21, or at any time before the expiry of that period at the written request of the applicant, a notice shall be published in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article L811-4

…° Authorities holding civil status records;2° Administrations responsible for labour and employment;3° Social security bodies and the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code;4° S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-9

…s name or with the name of another person; 2° Endorse the bill again in blank or to another person; 3° Give the bill to a third party, without filling in the blank and without endorsing it.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-36

Subject to the provisions specific to them, the provisions of Book III of Part Two are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation However, articles L. 2312-1 and L. 2313-1 onl…

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