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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article R2123-23

The increases in functional allowances resulting from the application of article L. 2123-22 may amount to a maximum for the elected representatives referred to in article L. 2123-20 : 1° In the commun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-6

The following may be entered on the list of statutory auditors referred to in I of Article L. 822-1, pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 822-1-2, persons already approved…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-13

The application for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-8

…en duly notified by the French Anti-Doping Agency of the information provided for in article L. 232-21-1 or by any other organisation that is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code of a presumed vi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97

…igating judge.With the agreement of the investigating judge, the judicial police officer shall only maintain the seizure of objects, documents and computer data useful in establishing the truth, as we…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-3

…mation provided for in Article 357 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. II.-If a supervisory authority has failed to provide the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-31

…d by the support fund created by article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the Corsican local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the receivabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

…6.The arrondissement council manages local facilities, subject to the provisions of article L. 2511-21. To this end, it approves contracts for the occupation of the public domain relating to these fac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…ual insurance companies or unions for supplementary professional retirement mentioned in article L. 214-1 of the Mutual Insurance Code; 2° sexies Institutions for supplementary professional retirement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

…isation having obtained the most votes in the first round of the elections mentioned in articles L. 2122-1 et L. 2122-4 of the same code in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries, whose r…

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