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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-13

The administrative account is sent to the State representative in the department no later than fifteen days after the deadline set for its adoption by articles L. 1612-9 and L. 1612-12.Failing this, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Liability

Article L481-1

Any natural or legal person forming an undertaking or a body referred to in Article L. 464-2 is liable for the damage it has caused as a result of the commission of an anti-competitive practice define…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration.

Article L7124-10

When, pursuant to articles L. 7124-4 and L. 7124-4-1, the employment of a child is not subject to authorisation, the rules for dividing the remuneration received by this child between his legal repres…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose

Article D2352-1

Within one month of the publication of the draft constitution of a European Company, the directors of the participating companies shall inform their trade union organisations and those of their subsid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-14

Only organisations may obtain authorisation to import or export embryonic stem cells for research purposes:1° Holders of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2151-5 ; 2° Having made the declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-4

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 3661-5, supplemented, for programmes,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D5212-14

The prefect shall set the rate of capital grant increases applicable to the operations provided for in Article D. 5212-10 and selected by him. This rate shall be between 5% and 15% of the amount of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of aid

Article R5141-6

As an exception to articles R. 5141-4 and R. 5141-5, when the loss of effective control results from the cessation of the business created or taken over, or the sale of the business as part of a safeg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-2

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 4351-11 and L. 4352-5, the regional health agency and the armed forces health service shall implement the appropriate procedures in order to ensure the authent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-13

…shall apply to local referendums, with the exception of Articles L. 88-1, L. 95 and L. 113-1 (1° to 5° of I, II and III). For the application of these provisions, the text should read: "political grou…

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