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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-3-1

The départements may award operating subsidies to the local structures of representative trade union organisations under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The organisations thus su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Economic and social measures

Article L4253-5

The regions may award operating subsidies to the local structures of representative trade union organisations under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The organisations thus subsidi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Payment and early release.

Article D3324-41

…he employee indicates to the company that he is leaving the assets he wishes to transfer, using the details given in the summary statement or in the last statement available to him, and asks the compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article D3335-1

…he employee indicates to the company that he is leaving the assets he wishes to transfer, using the details given in the summary statement or in the last statement available to him, and asks the compa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-4

…f article L. 232-14 and articles R. 232-41-16, R. 232-48, R. 232-52 and R. 232-57 and for being the contact person for the French Anti-Doping Agency. 232-14 as well as articles R. 232-41-16, R. 232-48…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-2

…ntract is only validly concluded if the recipient of the offer has had the opportunity to check the details of his order and its total price and to correct any errors before confirming it to express h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-48

Unless expressly exempted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, an insurance undertaking may only use forward financial instruments in the cases provided for in Articles R. 332-45,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Referral to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-15

Referrals to the committee may be made by the purchaser or by the contract holder.Referrals shall be made by means of a detailed note setting out the grounds for the dispute and, where appropriate, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article D123-205-1

…the references of the supporting documents.The register referred to in the same article shall show details of purchases in chronological order, distinguishing between cash payments and indicating the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2343-10

The commune's accounting officer's entries are kept in double-entry form. They require the use of the following documents: 1° Divisional journals on which transactions are entered in detail in chronol…

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