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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-1

A grouping may be formed by insurance undertakings meeting the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 4° of I of Article L. 361-4-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code in order to: 1° Carry out, w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-1

For the purposes of this chapter, digital assets include: 1° The tokens referred to in Article L. 552-2, with the exception of those fulfilling the characteristics of the financial instruments referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-1-1

…an area, transfer to the latter, within the limits of its territory, the following responsibilities:1° Responsibility for the construction, reconstruction, development, maintenance and operation of ly…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sustainable mobility allowance

Article R3261-13-1

The other shared mobility services mentioned in article L. 3261-3-1 include: 1° The self-service hire or provision of vehicles mentioned in 4.8, 4.9, 6.10, 6.11 and 6.14 of article R. 311-1 of the Hig…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-13

…for the check and the supporting documents requested using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. The structure has six weeks to respond. If the information requested is not provided withi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-1-1

For the purposes of Article L. 324-1, the mutual insurers and associations referred to in Article L. 211-8 of the Mutual Code and the provident institutions or associations referred to in Article L. 9…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-1-1

As part of their training and by way of derogation from 1° of article L. 4111-1, persons enrolled in the third cycle of medical studies in France may practise the profession of doctor if they meet the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1375

…contracts in electronic form where the document is drawn up and stored in accordance with Articles 1366 and 1367, and the process enables each party to have a copy on a durable medium or to have acce…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1376

A private deed in which one party undertakes to pay another a sum of money or to deliver a fungible good is only evidence if it includes the signature of the party making the undertaking and a stateme…

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