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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-35

…or of Paris. The functional allowance for deputy mayors of the arrondissements of Paris, Marseille and Lyon who are not municipal councillors or councillors of Paris is at most equal to that provided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-34

The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are at most equal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Disabled workers

Article D2241-3

The three-yearly negotiations on the professional integration and continued employment of disabled workers are based on a report drawn up by the employer presenting, for each sector of activity, the s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-3

…fice français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) decides, after a single investigation, whether to recognise refugee status or…

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

Article L228-3-3

…ee of the request for disclosure of information made in accordance with Articles L. 228-2 to L. 228-3-1 has not provided such information within the time limits set pursuant to the same Articles L. 22…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Content of the partnership contract

Article L2213-1

The partnership contract includes the compulsory main tasks mentioned in the first paragraph of L. 1112-1 and, where applicable, all or some of the additional tasks mentioned in 1° to 3° of the same a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1 : Commission for aid to film distribution

Article 223-39

…s aides à la distribution cinématographique is made up of twenty-five members, including a chairman and three vice-chairmen, appointed for a renewable term of one year.Their term of office begins on 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R23-3

…ced to pay damages, the public prosecutor shall inform the civil party of the existence of the bond and indicate the formalities to be completed to obtain payment by the Caisse des dépôts et consignat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L3123-15

…ncession contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the situations mentioned in subsections 1 to 3 of this section, it must inform the conceding authority of this change in situation without d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation

Article R2541-3

The references made by articles R. 2142-1, R. 2142-3 and R. 2142-10 insofar as they refer to the legislative provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of this Part shall be understood as referring…

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