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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-2

Until the next general renewal of the municipal councils following their creation, new municipalities whose creation order has been issued as of 2 January 2022 benefit, in respect of each of the parts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2122-2-1

In municipalities with 80,000 inhabitants or more, the limit set in article L. 2122-2 may be exceeded with a view to the creation of deputy posts with primary responsibility for one or more wards, alt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-2

…The total amount of the initial payment actually made, including the entry fee, expressed in euros ;2° The maximum percentage of the subscription to the fund, likely to be deducted at the time of subs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Borrowings

Article L3212-4

The departmental council decides on: 1° Borrowings by the department; 2° Loan guarantees under the conditions set out in articles L. 3231-4 et L. 3231-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-22

…y of the cases mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-11 of the French Public Procurement Code; 2° The information requested by the National Council for the purpose of verifying the applicant's su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article R2511-22

…lation as it results from the last known census on 1 July of the year preceding the financial year; 2° 50% of the appropriations are distributed among the arrondissements or groups of arrondissements,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-15

…r activities each year, indicating:1° The number of asylum seekers monitored at the end of the year;2° The number of asylum seekers received during the year and the number of applicants whose domicili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

…mployee, as mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-13, are as follows: 1° Nationality; 2° Date of birth; 3° Sex; 4° Job; 5° Qualifications; 6° Dates of entry into and departure from the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-107

…f shareholders or members which decided or authorised either an increase or a reduction in capital; 2° A copy of the decision of the board of directors, the management board or the managers, as the ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

…designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of the investigations referred to them ; 2° Public prosecutors and investigating magistrates, for investigations relating to offences referre…

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