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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article R2135-28

…y between employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations in accordance with the following terms and conditions:1° An endowment is distributed between the employees' tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-2-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the European Central Bank, as the case may be, shall decide on an application for the authorisation provided for in Article L. 511-10 withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-11

…nd, and of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, on the other hand, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 1424-24-3, each mayor and each chairman of a public e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-1

…of article L. 2313-1, include the following ratios: 1° Real operating expenditure/population; 2° Proceeds from direct taxation/population; 3° Real operating revenue/population; 4° Gross capital expend…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

…isation and operation of the High Council, its Chairman: 1° Represents the High Council in legal proceedings and acts on its behalf; 2° Appoints to posts, sets remuneration and compensation subject to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…ABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018L. 5211-7Law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 on di…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

PART I: Basic equation expressing the equivalence of loans, on the one hand, and repayments and charges, on the other. The basic equation, which defines the annual percentage rate of charge (APR), exp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-39

…ult of this clause, the rent is increased or decreased by more than a quarter in relation to the price previously set contractually or by court order. The variation in rent resulting from this revisio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article L1233-57-12

…nd it the minutes of the meeting referred to in article L. 1233-57-9, as well as any information concerning the convening, agenda and holding of this meeting.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-8

When, at the end of a fixed-term employment contract, the contractual employment relationship is not continued by an open-ended contract, the employee is entitled, by way of additional salary, to an e…

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