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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…replaced by the words: "centre de gestion et de formation créé par l'article 30 de l'ordonnance n° 2005-10 du 4 janvier 2005 portant statut général des fonctionnaires des communes et des groupements…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-4

…lic by order of the High Commissioner no later than 1st September each year and will apply from 1st January of the following year.II. - In the absence of an agreement by 1st September and taking into…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L752-4

…public by order of the High Commissioner no later than 1st September each year and applies from 1st January of the following year. II - In the absence of an agreement by 1st September and taking into…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-8

…he establishment. Foot baths are cleaned and emptied daily. III.-In establishments opened after 1st January 2022, the overlap between areas where shoes are removed and areas where shoes are worn is in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article D2123-25

…y retirement of non-tenured employees of the State and public authorities (I.R.C.A.N.T.E.C.) from 1 January 1973 or who have been affiliated since that date may, at their request, have service complet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D742-11

…column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n° 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D744-11

…column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n° 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D743-11

…column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-32-14n° 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-6

…thority responsible for the public Internet site complies with the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by completing the necessa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-11

…interested party may claim them until the end of the periods provided for in III of article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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