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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS

Article L1831-2

…table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1221-1 Law no. 2021-771 of 17 June 2021 ratifying ordinances no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 and no. 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-5

…who can prove that they have been regularly fitting hearing aids for at least five years prior to 4 January 1967; 3° Subject to passing a probationary professional examination, the conditions of which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

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

Article L5843-2

…ubject to the adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-5

The right to object provided for in Article 21 of the aforementioned Regulation does not apply to the processing of personal data of the persons mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 2-15-1 by auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 441-2)

Article Annexe 4-1

…in I of Article D. 441-4)You can consult the image in the facsimile in Official Journal No. 0068 of 21/03/2017, text No. 17, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFT…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-1

…I of Article 12 of the law of 28 December 2010 on public finance programming for the years 2011 to 2014, as well as public health establishments and health cooperation structures with public legal pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Election of staff representatives to the administrative or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment

Article R711-77

…ment, or in the association, mentioned in VI of Article 43 of the aforementioned law of 20 December 2014, which created the establishment.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

…the option of voluntarily acquiring French nationality in accordance with the provisions of article 21-11 below.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R3133-23

Once all the documents and information provided for in article R. 3133-21 have been received, a new payment period is opened. This period is thirty days or equal to the balance remaining on the date o…

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