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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-20

Subject to this subsection, the City of Paris is subject to Book III of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-20

All the documents provided for in Article R. 1221-19 shall be sent to the Prefect at least three months before the expiry of the approval.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-20

When a convicted person is serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to two years, the prison administration shall inform him, at least one month before the rem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis I

1. Remuneration paid to apprentices by companies employing ten or fewer employees is exempt from payroll tax. 2. (Repealed for salaries paid from 1 January 1996). 3. For companies other than those men…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-20

Major events, within the meaning of Article L. 385-7, are at least those which have one of the following characteristics:a) When a deviation from the guarantee fund is observed and the Autorité de con…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-20

From the day on which a person has furnished proof that he has brought an action, the proprietor of the patent application or patent may not withdraw the application or renounce the patent in its enti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-20

Every member of the territorial council has the right, within the scope of his or her office, to be informed of the affairs of the local authority that are the subject of deliberation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-20

Every member of the territorial council has the right, within the scope of his or her office, to be informed of the affairs of the local authority that are the subject of deliberation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-204

Dental surgeons must under no circumstances practise their profession in conditions likely to compromise the quality of the care and procedures provided or the safety of patients. In particular, he mu…

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