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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-3

According to the conditions laid down in an annual resolution, the departmental council may make a vehicle available to its members or to departmental employees when this is justified by the exercise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-19-3

In accordance with the conditions laid down in an annual resolution, the Regional Council may make a vehicle available to its members or to regional staff where this is justified by the exercise of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Financial arrangements for the guarantee fund.

Article A421-4-3

The income statement for this section shows in detail the income from the contribution provided for inArticle L. 421-6-1 of the French Insurance Code, the cost of reimbursing statutory annuity increas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-240-3

…e does not represent more than 0.5% in value of the nominal amount of the debt securities issued or 300 euros or its equivalent in the currency unit of the issue; or the amount of the shares issued by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-3

…are as follows: 1° Surnames, first names and title ; 2° Their personal or professional postal and e-mail addresses; 3° Personal or professional mobile telephone number; 4° The name of the organisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-15-3

…ly if there are reasonable grounds for doing so based solely on the criteria set out in Article R. 532-15-1, or if the information provided by the proposed acquirer pursuant to Article R. 532-15-2 is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

I.-The "socially useful solidarity enterprise" approval provided for in Article L. 3332-17-1 is issued by the prefect of the département in which the enterprise has its registered office. When the com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-3

…ets, the fee for the service includes the transmission of the documents referred to in Article R. 123-121-3 to the tax department.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article A310-3

The declaration receipt provided for in article R. 310-3 shall mention the identity or corporate name of the declarant, the name, address and unique identification number of the commercial establishme…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 ter

…onfirmed, at the request of these administrative authorities, by administrative or judicial bodies; 3° interest and costs relating to claims which may be the subject of a request for assistance in acc…

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