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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-3

I. - As from 2014, a solidarity fund for the departments is created. From 2015, this article applies to the Lyon metropolitan area.The resources of this fund are allocated to the départements as compe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-4-2

I.-In companies not subject to the provisions of article L. 321-4-3, the employer is obliged to offer each employee whose redundancy is being considered for economic reasons the benefit of a personali…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

…he limit of the first family name for each of them, joined in alphabetical order. Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or this article has been applied in respect of a child of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-1

…order confiscation under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out inarticle 131-21 of the Criminal Code. The court may also order a ban on subcontracting labour for a period of bet…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Provisions applicable to unfair commercial practices other than misleading or aggressive commercial practices

Article L132-1 A

…ance under Article L. 511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

…ely. It may be appealed to the Investigating Chamber, which must rule within five days. Article 696-21 is applicable to a wanted person left at liberty or placed under judicial supervision or under el…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-25

…ficers, judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis of article 21, temporarily made available to an experimental department or unit, exercise their jurisdiction wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-39

If a member of the Conseil des maisons de vente, a qualified person appointed or a representative of the profession elected, is unable to attend or resigns, he or she is replaced by his or her alterna…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-8

…s defined below. II. - Within eighteen months of the publication of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 referred to above, one or more agreements concluded between the representative of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Direct marketing of banking and financial services

Article D753-23

…2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 341-2 to D. 341-4 with the exception of the second paragraphNo. 2019-1213 of 21 November 2019D. 341-5 to D. 341-11No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 341-12No. 2019-1213 of…

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