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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-3

…f the period between the date it is signed and the date of the sale of the shares in the company concerned and who are members of the company savings plan on the date of this sale. The following are t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article R2123-11-1

At the end of their term of office, persons who have held one of the elective offices mentioned in Article L. 2123-11-2 may benefit from the end-of-mandate differential allowance, provided they meet t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-113-3

…bodies and the upkeep of the local authority's hotel;2° Expenditure relating to the function allowances provided for in articles L. 7125-17 to L. 7125-20 and to the training costs mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3221-11-1

…tmental Council to sign a specific contract or framework agreement may be taken before the award procedure for this contract or framework agreement is initiated. In this case, it must include a defini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

…ts or organisations authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity report, the form…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-11-1

…the Environment Code, as well as with the competent authorities responsible for monitoring compliance with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 ; 2° T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-1

…rposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Collection": the collection of faeces as defined in 2°, under the responsibility of the establishment or body mentioned in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-2

…of Article R. 1263-11-1, or if the posting declaration referred to in Article L. 1263-4-1 is not received, the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer shall send the Regional Director for Business, Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-11-1

An annex of the town hall created in application of 2° of article L. 2113-11 may be abolished by decision of the municipal council of the new commune, taken after agreement of the delegated mayor and,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11-1

Without prejudice to cases in which the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article 495-11 are not met, the president may refuse homologation if he considers that the nature of the facts, the…

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