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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Administration and municipal services

Article L2564-10

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 2213-10, a paragraph is added as follows: "The mayor may prescribe special arrangements for plots that belong to a public person other than the municipalit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-10

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article R1612-10

…audit chamber has the effect of suspending the implementation of a budget until the end of the procedure, under the conditions set by article L. 1612-10, the State representative shall directly inform…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-10

The internal regulations referred to in article R. 421-25 specify the obligations of insurance undertakings for the application of articles R. 421-4 to R. 421-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-28

…etary and Financial Code, or, where applicable, in a shared electronic recording system pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot sch…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1048 ter

…gs or their public establishments, pursuant to I to III of Article L. 1311-5 and Article L. 1414-16 du code général des collectivités territoriales, as well as administrative emphyteutic leases conclu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disposal of anatomical parts.

Article R1335-10

Articles R. 1335-2 to R. 1335-7 apply to the disposal of anatomical parts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-10

…empowerment provided for in Article LO 6251-8 may not be amended, as the case may be, by law or by regulation unless expressly stated.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6351-10

…empowerment provided for in Article LO 6351-8 may not be amended, as the case may be, by law or by regulation unless expressly stated.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-101

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé provides all relevant information to the European Medicines Agency, as well as to the International Narc…

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