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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

For the application of articles L. 2334-5, L. 2334-7, L. 2334-14-1 and L. 2334-20 to L. 2334-23, the communes are classified by demographic groups determined according to the size of their population.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-22

Claims that are not mentioned in article R. 613-20 may, by way of derogation from the provisions of article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 mentioned above, be declared until the expiry o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Interministerial Committee for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviour

Article D3411-12

…erritories; 17° The Minister for Research; 18° The Minister for Health; 19° The Minister for Sport; 20° The Minister for Transport; 21° The Minister for Labour; 22° The Minister for Urban Affairs. Oth…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and appointment of a provisional administrator

Article D6323-19-2

…s-industry joint committee no longer complies with the provisions of articles L. 6323-17-6, D. 6323-20-1, D. 6323-21, D. 6323-21-2 and D. 6323-21-4. II -When the regional prefect finds that a regional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R6153-93-1

…ich the person concerned is attached. The suspension of activity provided for in articles R. 6153-1-20 and R. 6153-40 does not prevent an intern or assistant in an army hospital from continuing his or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trade union representation at branch level

Article L2122-6

…ively agricultural activities mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 722-1 and in 2° of article L. 722-20 of the rural and maritime fishing code, the threshold set in 3° of article L. 2122-5 of this code…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-4

…knowledgement of receipt, to the managing agent who has lodged the objection provided for inarticle 20 of law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the status of co-ownership of built-up properties,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-2

…by the decision of the Council of the European Union referred to in Article 5 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, defining the specific groups of persons to whom temporary protection app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-18

…containing the parties' proposals as they stand, the joint committee referred to in article L. 2261-20 is convened on the initiative of the Minister for Labour in order to start or continue the negoti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-74

…those listed in Annex III of this law, and in the companies covered by I of Article 7 of Order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of companies with public share…

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