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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution.

Article L5216-10

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés d'aggloméra…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-4

…85 to L. 312-87 and L. 312-92, shall forfeit the right to interest. In the event that the annual percentage rate of charge determined in accordance with articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-4, the lender may b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-7

The president of the commercial court may hear, concurrently with the enforcement judge, where they are intended to preserve a claim falling within the jurisdiction of the commercial court and are req…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R421-40

The multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT", "salarié détaché mobile ICT", "salarié détaché ICT (famille)" or "salarié détaché mobile ICT (famille)" provided for in artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-3

…the provisions of this paragraph are applicable to each of the sub-funds of the fonds communs de placement d'entreprise. These funds and their sub-funds may invest in shares or units of UCITS or AIFs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-35

…director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment or the authority which replaces him in application of articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29, agents responsible for monitoring labou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Common provisions.

Article R334-1-1

…4-9, R. 334-9-1 and R. 334-15 are revised annually in line with changes in the European consumer price index published by Eurostat for all Member States. Each year, the Autorité de contrôle communicat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-13

Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, investments accepted in respect of variable capital life assurance or capitalisation contracts, in which the sum insured is determine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-5

The prison administration shall without delay inform the public prosecutor of the place of conviction, or that of Nantes if the person was convicted abroad, of the notification of obligations it has m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-22

For each training course financed under the personal training account supplemented by the professional prevention account under 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations pro…

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