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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-32

…period of not less than one month in which to make its observations known. The Prefect may then demand repayment of any sums wrongly received.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-31

When the body approved under article L. 5132-15 is an association, it prepares its annual accounts in accordance with the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables in force for the annual acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-30

…ities carried out by the organisation under each of the two agreements are accounted for separately and give rise to separate segment reporting in the notes to the financial statements.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-30

The agenda for Social and Economic Committee meetings is sent by the Chairman to the Committee members, to the Labour Inspectorate official referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and to the Social Security…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-31

When the Social and Economic Committee meets at the request of the majority of its members, the questions attached to the request to convene the meeting are included on the agenda.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-33

…les L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7, L. 2123-8, L. 2123-9, L. 2123-12 à L. 2123-15, II and III of article L. 2123-20, II of article L. 2123-24, the III of article L. 2123-24-1, the articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-35

…or of Paris. The functional allowance for deputy mayors of the arrondissements of Paris, Marseille and Lyon who are not municipal councillors or councillors of Paris is at most equal to that provided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-34

The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are at most equal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Presumption of paternity

Article 315

…effects may be re-established in court under the conditions provided for in l'article 329. The husband also has the option of recognising the child under the conditions set out in articles 316 et 320…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Presumption of paternity

Article 312

A child conceived or born during marriage has the husband as its father.

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