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

Article R2311-11

A. - The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected by the outstanding commitments. The outturn ba…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-4

The organiser of a sporting event or competition referred to in Article L. 331-5 who prohibits its players from placing bets, directly or through an intermediary, on bets based on this event or sporti…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

For the application of the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Conven…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-45

Points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad" group: The "Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad" group is allocated a maximum total of 50 poin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-12

Councillors to the Martinique Assembly and executive councillors are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Service obligations

Article R6152-354

Practitioners governed by this section participate in continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty with other practitioners in the establishment. To this end, the practitioners: 1° In facilities organise…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-8

The person in respect of whom habilitation has been granted retains the exercise of his rights other than those the exercise of which has been entrusted to the person empowered to represent him pursua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-23

Young people who set up or take over a profit-making business whose head office and main establishment are located in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Sain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-3

Section 5 of Chapter IV of Title III of Book I of this Part only applies in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-23

Credit institutions and finance companies shall require the instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 to be held for a minimum period defined under the conditions set out in Article L. 511-72 in or…

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