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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Publicising animal health decisions

Article R5145-10

The animal health decision taken in application of article L. 5145-2-1 or article L. 5145-2-2 is published on the website of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-10

…ction. He may, when an action makes it necessary, intervene on the territory of his inspection unit and on that of the departmental unit of the regional directorate for companies, competition, consump…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-10

…ned in the official report referred to in article R. 8253-2 in respect of the same foreign employee and the Director General of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration has ordered the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-11-2

…r in a municipality of at least 1,000 inhabitants or any deputy mayor in a municipality of at least 10,000 inhabitants who has received a delegation of function from the latter who, for the exercise o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

…ing of the guarantee, except when it is granted to a credit institution, finance company, insurance and reinsurance company, mutual insurance company and provident institution, under French or foreign…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-6

Municipalities and their public cooperation establishments exercising jurisdiction over drinking water or sanitation may also, as an accessory to this jurisdiction, within the framework of the same op…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-1

…meetings may not be held in more than one place by videoconference for the election of the Chairman and the officers, for the adoption of the initial budget, for the election of delegates to public in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-45

Deliberations made by meetings in breach of the provisions of articles L. 22-10-31, L. 22-10-32 and L. 22-10-33 are null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-6

…arantee provided for in a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to French supplier companies and to the beneficiaries provided for in a bis of the same article under the conditions provided for…

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