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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2543-1

…les contained in Book III of this Part, with the exception of the provisions of 1°, 2°, 6°, 14° and 18° of Article L. 2321-2, from article L. 2322-2, 4° of article L. 2331-2, du 6° du b de article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-38

Where, pursuant to articles L. 145-4, L. 145-10, L. 145-12, L. 145-18, L. 145-19, L. 145-47, L. 145-49 and L. 145-55, a party has recourse to registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the dat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-10

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 1232-9, an employee adviser paid solely on commission is compensated directly under the conditions set out in this article. For each hour spent between 8 a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-15

…ed; 2° Resignation; 3° Declaration of resignation in application of articles L. 1442-12 and D. 1442-18 ; 4° Death; 5° Disqualification for disciplinary reasons pronounced by decree in application of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to activities involving the broadcasting of amplified sound at high noise levels

Article R1336-2

…er issued for its application are carried out by the inspection officers mentioned inarticle L. 571-18 of the Environmental Code. The operator of the site, the producer, the broadcaster who, under a c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…nd second paragraphs of Article L. 2122-5 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 2122-5-2 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Declarations

Article 407

…n the European regulations and in accordance with the procedures specified by decree.From 1 January 2017, the declarations mentioned in the first paragraph and the declarations of enrichment, acidific…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

…resale or use of certain devices or categories of devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 is prohibited or regulated; 4° The arrangements for market surveillance of the same devices…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-2

…purpose includes combating sexual violence, sexual harassment or violence against a family member, may exercise the rights granted to a civil party in respect of intentional attacks on life and limb,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…ption of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a prior psychiatric assessment to a person who has been sentenced to soci…

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