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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-20

Notwithstanding the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 626-27, if the debtor's payments cease during the implementation of the plan, the court that approved the plan decides, after receiv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special transfer rules

Article D132-10

I. - For the purposes of the second paragraph of article L. 143-2, individual rights relating to a contract mentioned in article L. 143-1, whether or not taken out under the authorisation provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

I. - The Departmental or Inter-Departmental Council of the College of Nurses, under the supervision of the National Council, carries out the duties defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity

Article L2123-7

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-2

…in article R. 3232-1 in:1° Identifying the players and skills required to carry out their projects;2° Organising their projects from a legal, administrative and financial point of view;3° Seeking pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-2

…of French Guiana may decide:1° To individualise the appropriations in the budget by beneficiary; or2° To draw up, in a statement appended to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-2

…ly of Martinique may decide:1° To individualise in the budget the appropriations per beneficiary; or2° To draw up, in a statement annexed to the budget, a list of beneficiaries with, for each of them,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-6

The regulated entities referred to in 1° of Article L. 517-2 belonging to a financial conglomerate are subject to the supplementary supervision provided for in this subsection and in Articles L. 633-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-3

…at may be recorded in the automated processing are as follows: 1° Surnames, first names and title ; 2° Their personal or professional postal and e-mail addresses; 3° Personal or professional mobile te…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-26

…ence or impediment by a magistrate from the same chamber appointed by the president of that chamber;2° The magistrate acting as rapporteur;3° If necessary to enable the commission to sit in an uneven…

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