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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2212-2

…ever, the safety or convenience of passage or the cleanliness of the aforementioned thoroughfares ; 2° The task of repressing attacks on public tranquillity such as brawls and arguments accompanied by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2252-2

I.-The provisions of the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 2252-1 are not applicable to loan guarantees or sureties granted by a municipality :1° For housing construction, acquisition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2322-2

The credit for unforeseen expenditure is used by the mayor. At the first meeting following the authorisation of each expenditure, the mayor reports to the town council, with supporting documents, on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 528-2

…il interests if the criminal order has been opposed within the time limits provided for in Article 527 and no later than the opening of the hearing; On civil interests only if no opposition has been l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

I.-The provisions of II of article L. 412-1 and of articles L. 621-8-1 to L. 621-8-4 are applicable to public offers of the following securities for which a prospectus is drawn up in the cases provide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-2

The Autorité des marchés financiers may appoint a provisional administrator for the central depositary referred to in 1° of I of Article L. 441-1, to whom all the powers of administration, management…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-2

For the purposes of this chapter, a token is any intangible asset representing, in digital form, one or more rights that may be issued, recorded, stored or transferred by means of a shared electronic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monthly payments.

Article L3242-2

Monthly pay does not exclude the various methods of calculating pay by piecework, bonus or performance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours.

Article L3162-2

The employer shall allow young workers subject to the obligation to attend vocational courses during the working day the time and freedom necessary to comply with this obligation. Time devoted to trai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L3222-2

…s provided for by law. However, if the time limit stipulated in the second paragraph of article L. 3222-1 has not been respected, the court may order a new and final adjournment and set a new time lim…

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