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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22-3

The statutory auditors and other auditors of the feeder UCITS and the master UCITS shall exchange the information necessary to fulfil their respective obligations. The General Regulation of the Autori…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-8

Article L. 2124-5 of the General Code for the Ownership of Public Property sets out the rules for authorisations for temporary occupation of the public domain, which may be granted for the development…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Concession contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L3213-2

When concluded by contracting authorities, concession contracts the principal purpose of which is to permit the provision or operation of public electronic communications networks or the provision to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-5

The budgetary and accounting rules of the communes are applicable to the régies municipales, subject to the modifications provided for by the decrees of the Conseil d'Etat mentioned in articles L. 222…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Easements established by law

Article 650

Those established for the public or communal utility have as their object the footpath along state-owned watercourses, the construction or repair of roads and other public or communal works. Everythin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 789

The declaration is accompanied or followed by the inventory of the estate, which includes an item-by-item estimate of the assets and liabilities. The inventory is drawn up by a judicial auctioneer, ba…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1584

The sale may be made purely and simply, or under a condition either suspensive or resolutory. It may also have as its object two or more alternative things. In all these cases, its effect is regulated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-21

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets the period during which the continuous portion of at least twelve working days is allocated and the rules f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Presentation of consolidated or combined financial statements

Article R345-7

The consolidated or combined balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes include the items in the models mentioned in article R. 341-3, subject to the necessary adaptations to the consolidated or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-36

Structural aid is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Uni…

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