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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-27

…s to the Assembly, in a special report, on the situation of the territorial authority, the activity and financing of its various departments and dependent bodies, and the state of implementation of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-27

The account is credited with an annual amount, expressed in euros, subject to a ceiling which may not exceed ten times the annual amount. The value of this ceiling and this amount are set by decree by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article R7226-27

The deliberation of the Assembly of Martinique setting the allowances mentioned in article R. 7226-24 provides, after consultation with the President of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-27

…ion nationale de l'informatique et des libertés. This decree shall specify, in particular, the offences concerned, the procedures for supplying the software, the conditions for authorising the persons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-27

…e event of partial payment, the drawee may require that mention of such payment be made on the bill and that acknowledgement thereof be given to him. Payments made to account on the amount of a bill o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…are taken at a general meeting. However, the Articles of Association may stipulate that, with the exception of those provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26 All or some of the decisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-27

…ps an up-to-date list of authorisations for all the care activities mentioned in article R. 6122-25 and the heavy equipment listed in article R. 6122-26.The injunction to the holder of the authorisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-27

…ommittee is set up to draw up a charter of values which the associations approved at national level and, where applicable, in their regional representation undertake to respect as part of their member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4321-27

…r of the Minister for Health, after consulting the Commission of Physiotherapists, will issue the licence provided for in article L. 4321-4, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-27

Where the invention concerns national defence, the conciliation proposal shall not contain any analysis of the invention likely to result in its disclosure.

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