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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article L2312-3

…re. The budget of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is voted by nature. For communes with 3,500 inhabitants or more, it includes a functional presentation. The nomenclature by nature and the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-34

…the Minister responsible for industrial property with a view to obtaining, pursuant to Article L. 613-19, an ex officio licence for national defence requirements, shall include all relevant details of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Detention

Article L813-3

…rom the start of the check referred to in article L. 812-2.In the case provided for in article L. 813-2, the duration of detention carried out for the purposes of identity checks pursuant to article 7…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area other than France

Article A370-3

For the application of article L. 370-3, the provisions governing the activity of the institution and which are indicated to the competent authorities of the State concerned are those, legislative and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents

Article R153-3

…ge: 1° The full confidential version of the document; > 2° A non-confidential version or a summary; 3° A statement specifying, for each item of information or part of the document in question, the rea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Pre-trial detention

Article D32-31

…1° The prison integration and probation service; 2° The relevant judicial youth protection service; 3° Any association authorised under the provisions of the sixth paragraph of article 81.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

…address; 2° The nature of the business and the number of employees in the company or establishment; 3° The surname, first names, nationality, date of birth, gender, address, job and qualifications of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Economic and Social Councils (R).

Article R4432-3

…one representatives of trade unions representing employees and the civil service at regional level; 3° Eleven representatives of bodies involved in the collective economic and social life of the regio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article D3822-3

For their application in Wallis and Futuna: 1° In article D. 3512-9-1, the words: "tobacconists, holders of the status of purchaser-reseller and resellers, mentioned in the first paragraph of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-3

…applicant's national identity card or a copy of their passport or certificate of French nationality;3° A copy of one of the qualifications or diplomas provided for in 6° of Article R. 742-1 or proof o…

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