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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-29-1

…inter-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 521…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-3

…) Intercommunal groupings whose aggregate financial potential per inhabitant, as defined in Article L. 2336-2, is greater than 90% of the average aggregated financial potential per inhabitant;b) Commu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17

…allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits provided for in article L. 214-164 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in socially responsible companies within the meaning…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-26

…akes available to the committee, under the conditions set out in the agreement mentioned in article L. 2312-21 or, in the absence of an agreement, in sub-paragraph 4:1° Information on trends in employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-7

…r the statutory auditors involved in the legal task of certifying the accounts mentioned in article L. 6145-16 may contribute to data processing, are set by decree.When practitioners on the staff of p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…l year. The priority dividend may not be less than either the first dividend referred to in Article L. 232-16 or an amount equal to 7.5% of the paid-up capital represented by non-voting preference sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…who envisages redundancies, implements a redundancy plan under the conditions set out in articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-4. The employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, convene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…inations with a view to establishing a prenatal diagnosis in disregard of the provisions of Article L. 6211-5 or of medical biology examinations constituting an examination of the genetic characterist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-4

The decisions of the Supervisory Board referred to in Article L. 6143-1 and the acts of the Director referred to in Article L. 6143-7 are enforceable subject to the following conditions: 1° The decisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations and decisions

Article L621-7

…issuers when they make offers to the public, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of Article L. 411-2 or 2 or 3 of Article L. 411-2-1, or whose financial instruments, units mentioned in Article…

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