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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-2

…Executive Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to sustainable development concerning the operation of the Corsican local authority, the policies it pursues on its territory and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…election and, for the High Representative of the State and the National Council, from the day of receipt of notification of the minutes of the election. The time limits are counted in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-27

…vention of the medical and psychological emergency unit is decided by the emergency medical assistance service, where applicable, at the request of the Prefect, particularly in the context of the emer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 266

1. The taxable amount is made up of:a. For supplies of goods, services and intra-Community acquisitions, by all sums, values, goods or services received or to be received by the supplier or service pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-26

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Mortgages

Article R341-21

…ntractual information formalities prescribed in article R. 313-11 and relating to the advisory service is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Mortgages

Article R341-22

…relating to the valuation of the property is punishable by the fine laid down for a 5th class offence.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-2

Apprenticeship is a form of alternating education combining : 1° Training in one or more companies, based on the performance of one or more professional activities directly related to the qualificatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Monitoring public exposure and informing the public

Article R1333-26

…on the laboratory, its organisation, quality, activity, staff qualifications and technical performance;2° The list and results of inter-laboratory comparison tests in which the laboratory has particip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-27

…ntaining asbestos is carried out within a maximum of three years from the date on which the owner receives the survey report or the results of the last assessment of the state of preservation, or when…

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