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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-3

…or if the statutory auditor notes that, despite the decisions taken, the continuity of operations remains compromised, a general meeting is convened under the conditions and within the deadlines set b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-36

The credits from the allocation referred to in Article L. 2334-32 are allocated by the State representative in the department to the beneficiaries mentioned in article L. 2334-33, in the form of grant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Vocational diplomas and certificates of professional qualification

Article L6113-3

…their reference systems, with the exception of higher education diplomas governed by articles L. 613-1,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…% for general publications and 65% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1980 financial year,- 30% for general publications and 60% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1981 to 1996 financi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1411-37

…des Communautés de France; d) One representative of the communes, nominated by the Association des maires de France; e) Eighteen representatives of the Regional Health and Autonomy Conferences, appoi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-3

…it their safety management system to periodic inspection under the conditions set out in article R. 342-12-2, operators must inform the Prefect. They shall have an initial inspection carried out withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D3123-22-3

The maximum amount of this aid is equal to that set by article D. 7233-8 of the French Employment Code, per calendar year and per beneficiary who has used one or more services financed by this aid.It…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance

Article R3334-3-1

…distributed among the metropolitan départements that meet the conditions for its allocation:1° For 30% of its amount, in proportion to the length of the road classified in the departmental public dom…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D4135-22-3

The maximum amount of this aid is equal to that set by article D. 7233-8 of the French Employment Code, per calendar year and per beneficiary who has used one or more services financed by this aid.It…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-1

Voters voting electronically are identified by means of an identifier and a password sent to each voter in a way that guarantees confidentiality. The identifier and password are transmitted by two dif…

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