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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-27

The mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris may, under his or her supervision and responsibility, by decree, delegate signing authority to the director general of services of the mayor's office or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-4

…indemnity insurance contract provided for in I of article R. 512-14 shall include obligations that may not be less than those defined below:1° The minimum level of cover under the insurance contract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the formation of the contract.

Article L6222-1

No one may be taken on as an apprentice unless they are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-nine at the start of the apprenticeship.However, young people aged at least fifteen may begin an apprenti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Handling complaints

Article R321-45-1

…If this is not the case, the Government Commissioner will investigate the claim. The Commissioner may obtain from the complainant or the professional concerned any information or documents required…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Emergency provisions

Article R4411-83

…he event of an emergency caused by a serious danger to workers, the Minister responsible for labour may, by order, limit, regulate or prohibit the marketing or use, for whatever purpose, as well as th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of receipts from cinemas

Article D212-88

…hts; 9° The share due to the distributors of the cinematographic or audiovisual works or documents; 10° The prices charged per tariff category; 11° The amount corresponding to the tax due in applicati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…commissions of the same nature are themselves subject to value added tax under the domestic system; 10° Transactions subject to tax on insurance policies; 11° Transactions referred to in d and g of 1°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L654-2

…the administrative court referred to in c. "; 7° In article L. 632-2, the words: "Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-1147 of 12 October 1992…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-7

…s inspection over the previous six calendar years, the penalty is capped at an amount equivalent to 10% of the exemptions from social security contributions mentioned in article L. 241-13 of the Socia…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regulatory capital requirements

Article R352-1

…that assigns a probability of occurrence to an exhaustive set of mutually exclusive future events; 10° "Risk measure" means a mathematical function which assigns a monetary amount to a given probabil…

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