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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principle of advance payment

Article R2391-1

…advance payment to the holder of a contract when the initial amount of the contract is greater than 250,000 euros excluding tax and insofar as the performance period is greater than three months. When…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets

Article A761-16

A technical advisory committee is set up under the market manager, who provides its secretariat and sets the agenda for its meetings. It comprises a maximum of twenty-five members. It is made up of re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-79

…ulation of the municipality or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation does not exceed 25,000 inhabitants, the minimum surface area is equal to 0.07 square metres per inhabitant ;b) Where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental investment harmonisation conference (R)

Article D3441-1

…yors of communes with fewer than 12,000 inhabitants; one mayor of a commune with between 12,000 and 25,000 inhabitants, appointed by the college of mayors of communes with between 12,000 and 25,000 in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Subscription of shares

Article L214-94

…units in excess of 10% must be justified by the management company and notified to the Autorité des marchés financiers under conditions set by order of the Minister responsible for the economy.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-6

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the competent authorities responsible for the supervision of regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-91

…pproval of the dissolution of the real estate collective investment undertaking by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the 20% limit mentioned in article R. 214-85 , the 20% ratio mentioned in articl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-28

…or the assessment leading to a certificate enables the specific units referred to in article D. 212-25 to be assessed separately.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-22

…ective agreements concluded after the date of publication of the aforementioned Act no. 2008-596 of 25 June 2008;-shorter periods fixed in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-1

…he sums representing the automatic financial aid to which they are entitled pursuant to article 211-25, between 2 September 2020 and 16 February 2021, are those set out in article 916-2.

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