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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-5

…nd constraints of the community. V. - Until its first meeting following its renewal after 1 January 2012, the Territorial Council is empowered to adapt laws and regulations relating to town planning,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…ion of structural costs, as well as the system of penalties; 11° A reference to Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…3rd step 4th step 5th step 0 16 010 12 940 11 430 9 940 8 490 1 17 790 14 370 12 700 11 050 9 420 2 19 580 15 810 13 980 12 160 10 350 3 21 360 17 250 15 240 13 260 11 300 4 23 130 18 690 16 510 14 36…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…authorisation procedure for making them available on the market pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012.During the transitional period defined by Article 89 of the same Regulation, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-1

…commitments arising from derivatives within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 are included in the amount of elig…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-2

…the minimum margin requirement referred to in Article R. 334-5, Article R. 334-13 or Article R. 334-19, as the case may be. However, the total level of solvency margin required may not exceed twice th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

I.-The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-19, the articles L. 2113-21 to L. 2113-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 2113-26, as they read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Assignment of civil servants from the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale with the status of judicial police officer to the departments referred to in article 16 (4°)

Article A35

…ontre l'immigration irrégulière et le travail illégal des étrangers cité au a du 5 de article R. 15-19 of the Code of Criminal Procedure;-the police department responsible for the safety of people and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2241-1

…operty belonging to a section of a municipality, to the provisions of articles L. 2411-1 to L. 2411-19. The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out on the territory of a municipality w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-25

The equipment mentioned in article R. 322-19 is regularly maintained by the operators or managers so that it complies at all times with the safety requirements defined by this section. As soon as it i…

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