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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices.

Article D133-23

If the application is incomplete with regard to the conditions required for the requested classification, the representative of the State in the département will notify the mayor or, where applicable,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2312-2

Appropriations are voted by chapter and, if the City Council so decides, by article. However, except in cases where the City Council has specified that appropriations are specialised by article, the m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383-2

A judicial confession is the statement made in court by the party or his specially authorised representative.It is authentic against the person who made it.It cannot be divided against its author.It i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAILURE TO EXECUTE A REMOVAL DECISION

Article L824-2

It is a punishable offence under Article L. 822-1 for a foreign national who is the subject of a decision to be removed from French territory to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and photographing op…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific solidarity allowance.

Article L5423-2

…ance allowance who are at least fifty years old and who meet the conditions set out in article L. 5423-1 and who opt to receive this allowance are also entitled to the specific solidarity allowance. I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-25

When it decides to admit a person to a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance, the sentence enforcement court shall notify the person of the conditions under which the measur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-24

The expert opinion provided for by article 706-115 may be entrusted to an expert psychiatrist or to a doctor on the list provided for by article 431 of the Civil Code. In both cases, the provisions of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-24

…management, executive or administrative body drawn up pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 236-36 by each company participating in the merger shall explain and justify the draft terms of cros…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-26

With regard to compliance with the Solvency Capital Requirement, the eligible amounts of Tier 2 and Tier 3 elements are subject to quantitative limits. These limits are defined in Article 82 of Commis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Designations of origin

Article L431-2

…ssue a registered designation of origin without satisfying the conditions laid down in article L. 642-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;2° To issue a registered designation of origin that has no…

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