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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-105

…cipalities with a population greater than 5,000 and less than or equal to 20,000 ;PR = (0.534 P - 4,253) euros for municipalities with a population of more than 20,000 and less than or equal to 100,00…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-1

…graph of Article L. 2152-1. For the liberal professions defined in Article 29 of Law 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 on vocational training, employment and social democracy, in the case of an association be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-2

…comptabilité et de gestion dans les conditions définies à l'article 50 of decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012; 3° Hold diplomas deemed to be of a level equivalent to those mentioned in 2° by the Mini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

…23-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code shall send the employer the following information by 15 March of the year following the year in respect of which this declaration is made, taking into accou…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Normal operating mode

Article 726

…with the exception of share buybacks carried out under the conditions provided for in l'article L. 225-209-2 of the French Commercial Code;b) acquisitions of corporate rights in companies placed under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…t no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 2122-22, with the exception of its 13°, 18°, 19°, 21°, 22°, 23°, 25°, 28° and 29° law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 2122-23 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…epartmental public domain, the length of road located in mountain areas being multiplied by 2; > c) 25%, based on the length of road classified in the departmental public domain, the length of road lo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…aragraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015. The detailed rules for the application of this article shall be specified by decre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions set out in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of 500 euros. The amount of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…f the same Code ; 2° A penalty of days' fine under the conditions set out in articles 131-5 and 131-25 of the Criminal Code; 3° Suspension of the driving licence for a maximum of three years; this sus…

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