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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

…solution Fund manages the surety guarantee mechanism. Where applicable, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of article L. 312-16 and article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism, in par…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-1

…5311-1 with the exception of 5°, subject to the provisions of article L. 1222-9, and 11°, 14° and 15°, used in the course of these activities, are required to take out insurance to cover their civil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-22

…ars, were allocated the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant provided for in articles L. 2334-15 to L. 2334-18-4 or municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more which, during at least one o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-2

…he previous year for the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant provided for in article L. 2334-15 or to the first fraction of the rural solidarity grant provided for in Article L. 2334-21. For co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4141-2

…L. 611-17 of the Mining Code;9° Decisions taken by the overseas regions pursuant to Article L. 4433-15-1.II.-.The transmission provided for in I is carried out electronically, in accordance with the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…activity shall be submitted by the commercial agent or by the persons mentioned in articles L. 526-15 and L. 526-17, via the single body. The application relating to the transfer to a sole trader or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

…ing machines in communes where it is authorised; 14° Article R. 54 relating to electoral envelopes; 15° Article R. 57 relating to the public recording of the time at which the poll opens and closes; 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-9

…nder which they must be met in accordance with the provisions of the articles R. 53-8-13 to R. 53-8-15. This document informs the person entered in the file that the State administrations mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-2

…prosecuted has set up a security in the course of a judicial review, pursuant to the provisions of 15° of article 138, this compensation also includes the costs of setting up, advertising and strikin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Artificial baths

Article D1332-49

…l product introduced directly into the bathing area, even in the absence of bathers, is prohibited; 15° The water in the artificial bathing area must not be disinfected.

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