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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article R4424-32-1

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-2

…in application ofarticle 28 of law no. 98-535 of 1st July 1998 orarticle 189 of law no. 2002-73 of 17th January 2002 on social modernisation; 3° Hold a qualification in occupational health and risk p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…f the Autorité des marchés financiers.Where the company is governed by the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperative societies, the company mutual fund may invest…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Annual tax on vacant dwellings.

Article 232

…x base is made up of the rental value of the dwelling mentioned in article 1409. The rate is set at 17% for the first tax year and 34% from the second.V. - For the application of the tax, a dwelling i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 953

…the applicant provides two passport photographs, as provided for in Article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports, the cost of the document is €86.As an exception to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L4141-2

…ation;7° (Deleted);8° Decisions taken by overseas regions pursuant to articles L. 611-16 and L. 611-17 of the Mining Code;9° Decisions taken by the overseas regions pursuant to Article L. 4433-15-1.II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

…at which the poll opens and closes; 16° Article R. 58 relating to checks on the identity of voters; 17° Article R. 59 relating to the obligation to be registered on the electoral roll; 18° Article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2

…clides; 16° Checking the proper operation and routine maintenance of the equipment entrusted to it; 17° Implementation of hygiene, safety and vigilance rules in accordance with good practice; 18° Impl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…and Avalanches; 16° The Chairman of the Commission Supérieure des Sites, Perspectives et Paysages; 17° The Chairman of the Higher Council for Tourism; 18° The Director of the Chamonix National Ski an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 233-17 of the Commercial Code , except in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société d…

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