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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000 inhabitants or more and which meet the following cumulative conditions, may be eligible for the three fractions of the r…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-2

…isposal of tangible movables, or their removal, it is served by the applicant on his or her spouse, and has the effect of making the latter responsible for the movables under the same conditions as a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-26-1

The contract of objectives and performance is signed by the Chairman of CCI France after deliberation by its General Meeting. CCI France presents its General Meeting with a report on its performance,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-25-1

The fund for the modernisation, rationalisation and financial solidarity of the chambers of commerce and industry mentioned in 10° of Article L. 711-16 is managed by CCI France through a third-party a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-25-2

The provisions of this section shall not prevent the free movement of football, handball, hockey and basketball goalposts which comply with the technical standards or specifications or manufacturing p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-2

The President of the Departmental Council may delegate all or part of the decision to award the work integration aid referred to in article L. 5134-19-1 to the institution referred to in article L. 53…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-2

…re of the offences provided for in Articles 433-1,433-2,435-3,435-4,435-9,435-10,445-1,445-1-1,445-2and 445-2-1, in the penultimate paragraph of Article 434-9 and the second paragraph of Article 434-9…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25-1

…idiary having its registered office in that Member State to the rules set out in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27, it shall consult with that supervisory authority with a view to deciding whether or n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

…o calculate, on the basis of an internal model, the consolidated group Solvency Capital Requirement and the Solvency Capital Requirement of insurance and reinsurance undertakings with their head offic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26-1

…within one month of the transmission of that proposal, refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of…

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