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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-18

…t documents pursuant to Article L. 5217-10-14 are as follows:I. - Statements appended to the budget and the administrative account :1° Tables summarising the status of borrowings and debts;2° Presenta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article D2512-18

…ion is composed of: a) The police prefect; b) The prefects of the Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne departments or their representatives; c) The prefect, secretary general for the adm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Valuation of securities.

Article D3324-18

In the event of an allocation of company shares, the shares are valued on the basis of the average share price for the twenty trading days preceding the date of allocation. This average is obtained by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-18

…the activity of the emergency unit, the team also includes a nurse who is responsible for receiving and organising patient care. This nurse implements the referral protocols delegated by the doctor pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-19

…an annual report to the Assembly of Corsica on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the Corsican regional authority. II.-The report describes the human resources policy of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-19

…are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body concerned for bodies not subject to such an obligation. - Article L5…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-19

In the absence of specific statutory provisions for the inter-company occupational health and safety service, where candidates for the positions of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer of the Board o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-18

Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° of Article 695-9-17, execution of the freezing order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law does…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Business premises.

Article D4361-19

…reserved for the professional activity of a hearing aid acoustician comprise : 1° Either a practice and a soundproof booth, or an audioprosthetic measurement room with a minimum useful volume of fifte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater F

…provide assistance in management matters, to provide them with an analysis of economic, accounting and financial information with regard to the prevention of economic and financial difficulties and t…

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