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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-27

The communes of Mayotte receive a special grant for the construction and equipment of schools.The amount of this grant is set at €10,531,615 for 2014. The grant is indexed in subsequent years to the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-27

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administration.

Article R322-26

…al insurance companies are chosen either from among civil servants in accordance with Decree no. 52-49 of 11 January 1952 relating to the status of State representatives on the Boards of semi-public c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-27

If the company refuses to agree to the transfer, it has six months from the date of notification of its refusal to notify the shareholder, by any means that provides proof of the date of receipt, of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-27

For the application of articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26, each mandated employee is entitled to the time necessary to carry out his duties within the limits of a duration which, save in exceptional…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-27

The vocational diploma in youth, popular education and sport is prepared :1° Either through initial training, including apprenticeship ;2° Or through continuing education.In all cases, on entry to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7227-27

…o receives an official allowance and who has not interrupted any professional activity is unable to carry out his duties in the event of illness, maternity, paternity or accident, the amount of the of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-27

The dossiers provided in support of the application for authorisation of the medicinal products mentioned in articles R. 5121-25 and R. 5121-26 are considered to contain all the necessary and sufficie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-27

Practical training is carried out on the premises of an operator of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction for the entire duration of the training period set out in the first paragraph of arti…

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