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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Share subscription or purchase options

Article L212-16

…bscribe for or purchase shares may be granted under the terms and conditions set out in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 of the French Commercial Code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-7

…6 are recorded by the agents mentioned in article L. 511-3 and in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 511-22 of the French Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in I of article L. 511-22 of the same c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-36

The charges for hospital services mentioned in 2° of article L. 162-22-8-2, in article L. 162-22-10 and in 1° of I of article L. 162-23-4 of the Social Security Code are invoiced in accordance with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Electronic money issuers

Article D775-14

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 525-1n°2020-119 of 12 February 2020D. 525-2No. 2013-372 of 2 May 2013

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status.

Article R5211-5-1

The provisions of articles R. 2123-11-1 to R. 2123-11-6 and the articles R. 2123-22-1-A to R. 2123-22-1-D are applicable to public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax stat…

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

Article L3334-1

…2023, the amount of the departments' overall operating allocation is equal to that distributed in 2022. In 2023, this amount is reduced by the amount corresponding to the reductions in allocations to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-2

The recipients of the personal data referred to in articles D. 1441-22-2, D. 1441-22-3 and D. 1441-22-4 are as follows: I. - For the appointment of labour tribunal members: 1° Officials of the Directo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L775-37

…g from L. 562-1 and L. 562-2 Order 2016-1575 of 24 November 2016 L. 562-3 to L. 562-9 Ordinance no. 2020-1342 of 4 November 2020 L. 562-10 Ordinance no. 2016-1575 of 24 November 2016 L. 562-11 and L.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-92

…he loss of turnover suffered during the months of January to September 2021, pursuant to Decree no. 2020-371 of 30 March 2020 relating to the solidarity fund for businesses particularly affected by th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R152-1

…the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by…

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