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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D3123-23-2

…partmental elected representative is subject for the payment of daily allowances is longer than the 15-day period set out in article D. 3123-23-1, the official allowances are paid in full during the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article A743-4

…funds or financial instruments received by the clerk of the commercial courts under Article L. 3253-15 of the French Labour Code, the deposits held in each mandatory deposit account shall earn interes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-12

…to date and sends it to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 15 February each year at the latest. Any change to this list during the year is immediately notified…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R8262-1

…to a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20

…s of the issue as those conferred on the holders of bonds issued by associations by Articles L. 213-15, L. 213-17 and L. 213-19. Article L. 213-19 applies to the managers of economic interest grouping…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-8

…ofessional secrecy mentioned in article 66-5 of the same law; 2° Of the second paragraph of article 15 de l'ordonnance du 10 septembre 1817 qui réunit, sous la dénomination d'Ordre des avocats au Cons…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 B

…ive days of the date on which the assessment was levied, without this increase being applied before 15 September for taxes assessed in respect of the current year;2° To advance payments which have not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-3

…applicable in Mayotte, reads as follows:"Art. L. 5125-4. - In municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more, only one licence may be issued for each whole block of 7,000 inhabitants counted.In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-34

…reditor's objection to the cross-border merger, under the conditions provided for by Article L. 236-15, shall be lodged within three months of the last publication or the making available to the publi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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