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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article R1232-4

…get and any amendments to it, loans, the financial account and the allocation of the year's income; 3° The creation, sale or abolition of subsidiaries and the acquisitions, extensions and sales of hol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-9

For the activities referred to in Article L. 3122-3, when the actual duration of night work is less than the legal duration set in application of Article L. 3121-27, the compensation referred to in Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 792

…egister of places of detention where the sentence was served stating the convicted person's conduct;3° Bulletin No. 1 of the criminal record.He shall forward the documents with his opinion to the publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-44

…applicants' responses, of their ability to meet the needs, obligations and criteria set out in 2°, 3° and 6° of article R. 6111-43.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-22

The Agency's expenditure includes : 1° Staff costs ; 2° Operating costs 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° Assistance as defined in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-1…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provision of essential data by the conceding authority

Article L3131-1

Under conditions laid down by regulation, the concession-granting authority shall make available, in an open and freely re-usable format, the essential data of the concession contract, subject to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-18

…r under conditions determined by decree ; 2° In emergencies, under conditions determined by decree; 3° In the cases provided for in Article L. 3121-19.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-4-1

…quirement may include the holding of equity interests in the financial sector within the meaning of 3° of article L. 517-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 868-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 712-2, the President of the Court of First Instance of Wallis and Futuna performs the duties of a sentence enforcement judg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-9

When the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer finds that the level of results referred to in Article D. 1142-3 has been below seventy-five points for three years, he or she will send a report on thi…

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