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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-4

…R. 6323-45, and R. 6351-1 to R. 6363-1 of the Labour Code, with the exception of articles R. 6351-7-1, R. 6351-8-1, and R. 6352-25 to R. 6352-40, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-20

…tate of the European Union and meeting the criteria of a of 1 of Article 416 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ;2° Within the limit of the su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of organisations

Article L7343-3

The representativeness of the organisations representing the workers defined in article L. 7341-1 using the platforms mentioned in article L. 7342-1 for their activity is determined on the basis of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

…th; 3° Sex; 4° Job; 5° Qualifications; 6° Dates of entry into and departure from the establishment; 7° Where authorisation to hire or dismiss is required, the date of this authorisation or, failing th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

…lodged, investigated and judged under the following conditions: 1° Article 481-1, paragraphs 3 and 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure are applied; 2° The judgement is provisionally enforceable, unless…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Water production, distribution and conditioning installations, sharing of responsibilities

Article R1321-43

…ot connected to the public distribution networks and authorised in accordance with articles R. 1321-7 to R. 1321-9;3° The internal distribution network equipping the buildings served by the networks o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Medical devices and radiopharmaceuticals

Article R1333-80

…g, where appropriate, a reference to the previous model and a description of the modifications made;7° A summary of the results of the clinical evaluation mentioned in Article R. 5211-36-1.Any signifi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-8

…by the known creditors concerned as well as the documents mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article R. 692-7, and ; 4° Of proof of the agreement of the known local creditors concerned. II.-The decision taken…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-34

The granting by a network institution of the guarantees mentioned in 3° of article R. 712-7 is subject to the following rules: 1° The granting of guarantees means the granting of loan guarantees or su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants.

Article D1874-1

I. - The articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18, the articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of…

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