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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article L1112-15

The electors of a local authority may be consulted on decisions which the authorities of that authority contemplate taking to regulate matters falling within its jurisdiction. The consultation may be…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L221-2

…where the purpose is to recover a debt other than a maintenance debt of less than an amount set by regulation, may only be carried out, unless authorised by the court, if recovery is not possible by…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Persons responsible for the amicable recovery of debts

Article R124-1

…exception of those who do so by virtue of their professional status or within the framework of the regulations governing their profession.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-27

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the distribution of the sum allocated to members of the supervisory board as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L751-1

…tionals who are the subject of a request to be taken into care or taken back into care, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or of a t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Oral proceedings

Article 818

…€5,000, where it is brought for the purposes of a prior attempt at conciliation or where the law or regulation so provides.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-5

…are filed, on the initiative of the earliest party, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-2

…urpose by the Agence de la biomédecine mentioned in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid down by regulation may carry out biological diagnosis using cells taken from the in vitro embryo.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-31

…mined taking into account all the relevant factors specified in Article 289 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. This extension may not exceed seven years.

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

Article L233-35

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providin…

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