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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article R1611-40

…the other hand, the various local authorities, their groupings and public establishments concerned ;4° A copy of the documents exchanged between the State and the territorial authorities, their groupi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-24

If an approval clause is stipulated, the request for approval indicating the full name and address of the transferee, the number of shares or securities giving access to the capital whose transfer is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1595

…icly in the department; 3° of ministerial offices having their registered office in the department; 4° of businesses or clientele established on their territory and new goods dependent on these busine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-16

…2143-5 ; 2° To record, store, manage and monitor requests submitted to the Commission pursuant to 4° of Article L. 2143-6; 3° Collecting and recording the consent of third-party donors who are not s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-345

The trial period provided for in 4° of article R. 6152-343 enables the employing establishment to assess the practitioner's skills and abilities. In the event of renewal of the contract to carry out t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose.

Article L5111-1

…in companies and professional branches; 3° Promote the qualification and integration of jobseekers; 4° Contribute to professional equality between men and women.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-6

…ed with the European Financial Stability Facility or the European Stability Mechanism" are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2513-5, the words: "or become such pursuant to Article L. 2514-5 " are deleted; 5°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-30-1

In the cases mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, when the participating insurance or reinsurance undertaking, the insurance group company, the union mutualiste de groupe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L4111-3

…s (Social Action and Family Code) for young people with disabilities or adjustment difficulties and 4° of the same I, as well as those of establishments and services under agreement with or authorised…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indi…

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