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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is elected by an absolute majority of the votes cast by the members of the Board of Directors from among the representatives of the Rhône department and the Lyon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

The Board of Directors is chaired by the President of the Corsican Executive Council or one of the members of the Executive Council appointed by the President of the Executive Council or one of the me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L143-0

The rights associated with supplementary occupational pension contracts offered by supplementary occupational pension funds or insurance companies are payable to the beneficiary from the earliest of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-2

With the exception of the management posts mentioned in article R. 113-3, contract staff are divided into the following four job categories: 1° Category 1 "Head of Department" includes staff who perfo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

Officers are empowered to investigate and record: 1° Infringements of the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to II of article L. 231-1, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-6, L. 236-1, L. 236-2 and L. 236-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial conglomerates

Article L517-3

I. - For the purposes of the supplementary supervision provided for in Chapter III of Title III of Book VI, "group" means: a group referred to in III of Article L. 511-20 or an insurance group referre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 612-17, L. 612-23 to L. 612-27 and L. 612-44, that the banking and financial activities c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530

I. - Communes may, by a resolution passed under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, institute an annual tax on commercial wasteland located on their territory. However, public esta…

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

Article 1693 quater

I.-Les redevables de la taxe prévue à l'article 299 other than those subject to the simplified actual taxation scheme provided for in article 302 septies A or allowed to file their returns by calendar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R444-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020,…

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