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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-57

The internal networks mentioned in 3° of article R. 1321-43 may not, unless the Prefect grants an exemption, be supplied with water from a resource that has not been authorised in application of artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R600-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article L. 721-8 and Article R. 662-7, the court with territorial jurisdiction to hear the proceedings provided for in Book VI of the Legislative Part of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-15

Individual entrepreneurs with limited liability who are not required to register in the Trade and Companies Register, in the National Register of Companies as a company in the trades and crafts sector…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-16

When the individual limited liability entrepreneur is registered in the special register mentioned in Article R. 526-15, the registrar shall indicate in the register the information provided for in 1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-11

Disputes shall be lodged within thirty days of the date of insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales advising of the filing of the statement of collocation. They are made…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-11

Unless a dispensation is granted by the Minister responsible for the budget, only the following may be paid through an imprest account: 1° Equipment and operating expenses not included in a public con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article D2224-5-1

The detailed description of the drinking water transport and distribution works referred to in article L. 2224-7-1 and the detailed description of the wastewater collection and transport works referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article R2334-3

The amount of the reduction or increase mentioned in the first paragraph of III of article L. 2334-7 is equal for each commune to the product of the difference between its population recorded in respe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Multidisciplinary commissions for security measures

Article A37-34

The number, location and territorial jurisdiction of the multidisciplinary commissions on security measures provided for by articles 706-53-14, 763-10 and R. 61-7 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article D2362-16

For the calculation of the employee majorities mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 2362-7, each member holding a seat on the special negotiation body allocated to a Member State…

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