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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6271-8

In order to enable the prior assessment of the costs and revenue corresponding to the exercise of transferred competences, in accordance with the provisions of articles LO 6271-5 and LO 6271-6, the tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-8

In order to enable the prior assessment of the costs and revenues corresponding to the exercise of transferred competences, in accordance with the provisions of articles LO 6371-5 and LO 6371-6, the t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-2

Non-tenured employees mentioned in 3° of article 1 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospitals and university centres, who are self-employed, are n…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 257

…the exclusive economic zone or on the adjacent continental shelf are set out in Article 37 of Order 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the French R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L783-7

…ent Codeare deleted; 2° In Article L. 621-5-3, in i) of 4° of II, the references to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 are not applicable.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L784-7

…ent Codeare deleted; 2° In Article L. 621-5-3, in i) of 4° of II, the references to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 are not applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1111-18, subject to the followin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-4

I.-The whistleblower employee mentioned in I of Article 6 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, as well as the emplo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII quinquies : Compliance programme penalties

Article 764-44

…1-39-2 of the Criminal Code has been imposed on a company mentioned in I of Article 17 de la loi n° 2016-1691 du 9 décembre 2016 relative à la transparence, à la lutte contre la corruption et à la mod…

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