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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-6

…il so decides, by article. In both these cases, the Metropolitan Council may, however, specify that certain appropriations are specialised by article.In the event of voting by article, the President o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-5

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to 6° or 7° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 to fail to comply with the obliga…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article D512-6

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers may be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 rela…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-56-1

…as taken into consideration during the examination of these other applications by the competent offices. The National Institute of Industrial Property may, in addition, require the production of the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-5

In order to finance the professional retraining projects mentioned in 4° of the I of article L. 4163-7, the body mentioned in 1° of article R. 4163-1 pays France Compétences an allocation, the amount…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-5

…on workshops and sites may be granted by the Prefect after examining the situation of the person concerned. The period during which the minimum weekly working time of twenty hours may be waived may no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article L1613-6

I. - A budget allocation is instituted entitled "solidarity allocation in favour of the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events". This grant contri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-65

I.-The General Meeting shall deliberate on all measures intended to ensure the defence of the common interests of the bondholders and on any proposal to amend the contract and in particular:1° On any…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 721-6

…uction budget is less than €2,500,000;4° Long-length cinematographic works for which a production licence has been issued for more than four years at the time the application is submitted, or which ha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-6

…fic and technical data on the genuine goods, such as markings, barcodes or images; 7° Information necessary to enable the customs authorities to easily recognise the genuine goods; 8° Any information…

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