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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article R4142-2

The provisions of articles R. 2131-5 to R. 2131-7 are applicable to public contracts awarded by regions and their public establishments.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article R4423-3

The provisions of articles R. 2131-5 to R. 2131-7 shall apply to contracts awarded by the Corsican regional authority and its public establishments.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…2021-1192 of 15 September 2021 L. 211-21 and L. 211-22 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 211-24 and L. 211-26 decree no. 2020-1732 of 29 December 2020 L. 211-27 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-22

…the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24 and by I and III of article L. 2123-24-1, municipal councils:1° 1° Of the communes that are depar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisational rules

Article L541-8

…appropriate systems in place to obtain the relevant information referred to in 3° of Article L. 533-24 and to understand the characteristics and identify the target market defined for each financial i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 H

…ich either they were the subject of one of the procedures mentioned in articles L. 181-18 to L. 181-24 of the same code, or they were listed pursuant to article L. 181-15 of the same code.III. - The b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-8

I.- No later than fifteen days after the Ordinary General Meeting, any joint stock company shall inform its shareholders of the total number of voting rights existing at that date. However, companies…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-123

The annual management report of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities, referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 214-50, includes the following information: 1° A s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-23

…Article L. 115-24 which are applied. Taxes and contributions are collected by the account…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25

…he staff delegation of the social and economic committee mandated in application of article L. 2232-24, the full members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee who have not been…

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