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

Article L1542-8

Title IV of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of Articles L. 1242-3, L. 1243-1, L. 1243-2-1, L. 1243-5 to L. 1243-9, L. 1244-1-1, L. 1244-1-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4142-1

…uvergne-Rhône-Alpes region;4° Two members representing dental surgeons practising in the Ile-de-France region;5° One pair representing dental surgeons practising in the Occitanie region;6° One member…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-1

…perations of the financial year, an acquisition of a holding in a company having its registered office in the territory of the French Republic representing more than one twentieth, one tenth, one fift…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-2

…ning suitable for carrying out the operations mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 341-1.In the absence of the diplomas or levels of training provided for in 2° above, they must provide evidence of at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-18

The statements annexed to the budget documents pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-18

The statements appended to the budget documents pursuant to article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration

Article D6153-1-8

The bonuses, allowances and reimbursements of expenses mentioned in 2° of Article R. 6153-1-7 are: 1° Where applicable, the allowance provided for in 1° of Article D. 6153-10-1; 2° Where applicable, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 5-2 (Annex to Article A526-3)

Article Annexe I

…plate for an update statement on the affected assets SAMPLE STATEMENT OF ASSIGNED ASSETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNTING OBLIGATIONS TO WHICH THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF PERSONS BENEFITI…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25

…submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, on behalf of the subsidiary insurance or reinsurance undertaking with its head office in France referred to in Article R. 356-24, the a…

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