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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-39

The Commission's secretariat is provided by the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities. The expenses relating to the operation of the commission are entered in the State budget, missi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-40

When it is consulted pursuant to IV of article L. 1611-10, the Consultative Commission on the Financial Responsibility of Local Authorities shall give its opinion within three months of the date of re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-37

The Consultative Commission on the Financial Liability of Local Authorities, referred to in III of Article L. 1611-10, includes:1° Two members of the Conseil d'Etat, including the chairman of the comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-1

I.-A client or project owner who enters into a contract with a service provider who posts employees, under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2, shall check with the latter, be…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25

Judicial reorganisation or liquidation proceedings instituted by the aforementioned law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 may only be opened in respect of a company mentioned in article L. 310-1 at the req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-1

I. - A. - The following offences are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 million euros, which may be increased up to ten times the amount of the advantage gained from the offence,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts and treatment of overindebtedness

Article L721-24

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French overseas note-issuing bank) centralises information enabling the identification of acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Scientific Council.

Article R1222-10

…nd Research Units; 5° One member proposed by the President of the French Marrow Transplant Society; 6° Five qualified personalities. The Minister for Health appoints the Chairman of the Scientific Adv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

…to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the chef de circonscription; 4° In article L. 411-1, 6° is deleted; 5° In article L. 411-4, the references to articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15 a…

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