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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Tasks

Article L518-7

…man in the event of urgent deliberations. The members of the Supervisory Board referred to in 6° to 8° of article L. 518-4 receive allowances, the arrangements for which are set out in its internal ru…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…ting body and representative on the committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;8° Staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…ting body and representative on the committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;8° Staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-13

…present, with the exception of times when he or she is authorised to be absent and between 11pm and 8am.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…ons: 1° It registers the statutory auditors and third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 and the keeping of the lists provided for in Article L. 822-1 ; 2° It adopts, under the cond…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis KH

…they relate to equipment and materials acquired, as from the entry into force of the loi n° 2009-258 du 5 mars 2009 relative à la communication audiovisuelle et au nouveau service public de la télévi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article L2512-13

…the Public Health Code, subject to the provisions set out in the last paragraph of I of Article L. 184-1 and IV of Article L. 143-3 of the Construction and Housing Code.When these buildings threaten r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L3321-1

…° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances provided for in articles L. 3123-15 to L. 3123-18 and the training costs for elected representatives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

…shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 131-38 of the French Penal Code: 1° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to com…

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