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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article R7124-24

…Education Council receive, for the performance of their duties, an allowance equal to no more than 45% of the maximum functional allowance that may be allocated to a councillor at the Assembly of Fre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for information on certain employment aid schemes

Article D5112-24

The employment schemes to which the provisions of article R. 5112-23 apply are those defined in articles L. 5121-3 to L. 5124-1, L. 5132-1 to L. 5132-17 and L. 5134-100 to L. 5134-109.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-24

Allowances, grants and other benefits mentioned in article L. 5426-8-1 amounting to less than €77 unduly paid by Pôle emploi shall not be recovered.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-24

I.-A referral to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, in accordance with the procedures laid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-24

Periodic general inspections are carried out by qualified persons, who may or may not belong to the establishment, a list of whom is made available to the Labour Inspectorate. These persons are compet…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-24

…amounts transferred and their transfer dates, as well as the mathematical reserves, distinguishing between the portion of these reserves relating to commitments expressed in units of account and the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending or cancelling registration

Article R123-249

On declaration by the natural person, the deletion from the National Register of Companies is mentioned therein with an indication of the date of cessation, unless use is made of the option provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-24

In article R. 713-17 : a) In 7° of I and 3° of II, the words: "of the category and, where applicable, the sub-category to which" are replaced by the words: "of the college to which"; b) In 1° of II, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

If the ratio, assessed at the end of the financial year, between the sum of the special technical provision and the net unrealised gains and losses on the assets allocated to the special technical pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R3133-24

…ong to the same legal entity and have agreed on a conventional payment period under the conditions set out in Article 12 of Decree no. 2013-269 of 29 March 2013 on combating late payment in public pro…

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