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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

…k I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 123-236, R. 127-1 to R. 134-17, R. 143-23, R. 145-9 to D. 145-19,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…s; 19° Participation in a public interest grouping or any other form of public or private grouping; 20° The rules of the board of directors, the internal rules of the committee responsible for the pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tables of branches and member companies of skills operators

Article D6123-37

…and 15° of article L. 6123-5 and in articles L. 6331-5, L. 6331-35, L. 6331-55, L. 6331-57, L. 6323-20-1 ; 3° The carrying out of the satisfaction surveys mentioned in 14° of article. L. 6123-5; 4° Fo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

…hed in France and carry out the work themselves. IV - "Animation preparation" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Animation preparation" group, corresponding to the following work: st…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-1

…cess by car, integrated into a retail shop open to the public on the date of publication of Law No. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning, and not entailing the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-1

…and interregional cooperation and with a concern for balanced territorial development. On 1 January 2015, public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that form, on th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

…ater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section in the case of a municipality with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and 5% in other cases, the regional audit chamber, to which the State representat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-9

…the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-12

…approval of the supervisory authority of the related undertaking in accordance with Article R. 351-20, may only be included in the calculation insofar as they have been duly approved by that authorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L470-1

…er the same conditions, they may enjoin any trader to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 promoting fairness and trans…

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