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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-2

…sal grant, the overall amount of which is equal to the sum of their overall operating grants.The individual amount paid to each commune is set by the deliberative body of the public establishment of i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article D4323-2-2

…e words: "in article L. 4311-15" are replaced by the words: "in articles L. 4321-10 and L. 4322-2"; 2° In the first and second paragraphs of the same article and in article D. 4311-97, the words: "dep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2-2

I. - In the branches referred to in Article L. 1244-2-1, in the absence of collective bargaining agreements at branch or company level, the employer shall inform the employee with a seasonal employmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Procedure for pre-marketing AIFs in France or in an EU Member State other than France (article L. 214-24-2-1)

Article L214-24-2-1

…shall set out the procedures for notifying the Autorité des marchés financiers of pre-marketing activities. For the purposes of this article, pre-marketing is defined as the direct or indirect provis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article 223-20

…iew to contributing to the financing of the production of cinematographic works and repayable exclusively from the receipts of the works in question; 2° By the assumption, on behalf of production comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect organises, within six months of acquiring French nationality, a ceremony to welcome into French citizenship for the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-2

…stration or principal place of business on the territory of one of these Member States or parties ; 2° Have at least one establishment in France, including in the form of an agency, branch or subsidia…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

…e application of this code in Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° (Repealed);2° "Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "préside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2437

…ebtor, to bring, in the event of a dispute, the application to a court designated by them, will receive its execution between them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2438

Removal must be ordered by the courts, where the registration has been made without being founded either on the law or on a title, or where it has been made by virtue of a title that is either irregul…

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