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

Article R821-7

The High Council reports on the performance of its missions and its resources in an annual report drawn up pursuant to Article 21 of Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of indepen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L2123-11-2

…st 1,000 inhabitants or any deputy mayor in a municipality of at least 10,000 inhabitants who has received a delegation of function from the latter who, for the exercise of his mandate, had ceased to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-23

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

…522-25;5° Articles R. 611-23-1, R. 662-4in its version resulting from Decree No. 2016-1851 of 23 December 2016 on the appointment of judicial officers and auctioneers in certain procedures relating t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-70

To qualify for the allowance for self-employed workers, the persons mentioned in article L. 5424-24 : 1° Prove that they have been self-employed for a minimum uninterrupted period of two years in one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L773-22

…r no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-11-1 with the exception of its penultimate paragraph Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11-2 Act 2018-700 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

…r no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-11-1 with the exception of its penultimate paragraph Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11-2 Act 2018-700 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…r no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 522-11-1 with the exception of its penultimate paragraph Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-11-2 Act 2018-700 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1532-2

…and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1221-10 and article L. 1221-10-2, solely insofar as it concerns the structures mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 1221-10, of Title II of Book II of this Pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority

Article D1233-12

…t in application of articles R. 1233-3-4 and R. 1233-3-5, by any means capable of conferring a date certain. The request must state the reasons on which it is based. It shall specify the information r…

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