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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52-3

The Minister for Labour shall publish on the website referred to in Article R. 2122-19 , on a date that he shall set by order, the election propaganda documents that have been the subject of a validat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-23-3

The determination of the grade and number of staff occupying the management posts referred to in Article R. 1424-19 and the posts in the health subdirectorate referred to in Article R. 1424-25 is not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article R2223-59

The agency, company, association or establishment applying for authorisation to manage and use a funeral home, referred to in article L. 2223-19, must produce proof that the funeral home complies with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants

Article R1613-1

…alary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionna…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-20

If the claims cannot be paid in whole or in part from the available funds before the expiry of the time limits provided for in Article L. 3253-19, the judicial representative shall request, upon prese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

AID GRANTED TO STUDENTS AND PUPILS IN THE FORM OF STUDY GRANTS MENTIONED IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE D. 4383-1 1. Minimum rates for study grants SCHOLARSHIP LEVELS MINIMUM ANNUAL RATES (in euros)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Changes to the initial conditions governing the composition and operation of the communauté de communes

Article L5214-26

By way of derogation from article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised, by the representative of the State in the department after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-com…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees

Article L511-97

Credit institutions and finance companies other than those referred to in Article L. 511-89 may, with the authorisation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, entrust the tasks of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R421-14

A foreign national holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent passport" provided for in articles L. 421-16, L. 421-17 or L. 421-19 who definitively ceases his or her commercia…

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