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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-27

…basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22 January 1949, held German nationality and had left French territory, has ce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Control and accounting

Article R6332-40

The expenses relating to the training provided for in Article L. 2315-18 that the skills operators may cover under the financial section mentioned in 2° of Article L. 6332-3 are as follows: 1° Pedagog…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe XIII

…ste: index of reduction in quantities of household and similar waste produced with a base of 100 in 2010.I. 2.-Technical indicators relating to treatment:a) Treatment of jointly collected household an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 G

…the benefit of the Société du Grand Paris public establishment created by the article 7 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relative to Greater Paris, a special equipment tax intended to finance the e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…6 September 2009, as amended, on cross-border payments in the Community; 4° Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of pass…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-8

I. - The following may have direct access to personal information and data recorded in the processing in the context of criminal proceedings: 1° Magistrates from the Public Prosecutor's Office and mag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-11

…a special payment instrument, which is not subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-4 to L. 312-18 of the Monetary and Financial Code, must open a bank or post office account into which the funds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-17

…rovisions of this section do not apply to: 1° Trading platform managers governed by Articles L. 420-18, L. 422-1, L. 424-9, L. 425-9 and L. 425-10 ; 2° Branches of credit institutions referred to in I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-62

…t to the provisions relating to : 1° The maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3121-18 ; 2° The maximum weekly working hours provided for in Articles L. 3121-20 and L. 3121-22; 3° To t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals benefiting from the "talent passport

Article R421-37

…e multiannual residence permit bearing the "talent passport" mention provided for in article L. 421-18 who has it withdrawn pursuant to article R. 421-36.

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