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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…t local, national or international intervention and give rise to the alerts mentioned in article R. 3113-3 is as follows: 1° Infectious diseases : 1. Botulism; 2. Brucellosis; 3. Anthrax; 4. Chikungun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers.

Article R4532-26

…dar year following the expiry of the last certificate of competence provided for in Article R. 4532-31.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers.

Article R4532-25

…dar year following the expiry of the last certificate of competence provided for in Article R. 4532-31.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-10

…ities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status existing on 31 December 2014 which participate in the exercise of the competences of the Greater Paris metropoli…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

The collège de résolution may, in respect of a person referred to in Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, decide to:1° Suspend or dismiss any person exercising effective management with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…life insurance apply to the operations governed by this chapter, with the exception of Articles L. 131-1, L. 131-2, L. 132-5-2, L. 132-5-3, L. 132-9, L. 132-9-1, L. 132-20 to L. 132-22-1, L. 132-30 an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

…lities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-3

…eir own in metropolitan France and the overseas departments with the exception of the Department of Mayotte, in accordance with the following procedures:1° The following contribute to the fund:a) Inte…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…ding indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-34

No later than the fifth working day following the filing of the conditions of sale, the liquidator notifies the parties of the date of the auction hearing by bailiff's deed. The date is set, at the li…

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