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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-5

I. - The territorial public establishment, in place and stead of its member municipalities, shall automatically exercise competences in the areas of:1° Urban policy:a) Drawing up a diagnosis of the te…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-53

…in a civil solidarity pact or cohabiting partners, employees or associates, pay each year, to finance their own training initiatives, as defined in article L. 6313-1, a contribution which may not be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-50

…trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of Article L. 214-28, the securities received in exchange by the fund are recorded as assets at the subscription or purchase price of the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-5

…ent department responsible for social cohesion in Mayotte or his representative; c) A director of decentralised State services, appointed by the Prefect of Mayotte or his representative; 2° Three memb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-5

I. - The Autorité de la concurrence shall decide on the merger within twenty-five working days from the date of receipt of the complete notification. II. - The parties to the transaction may undertake…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-54

…ions and who are practising as statutory auditors on 30 June of the year in which their term of office expires are eligible to stand for election. Only a statutory auditor who is carrying out at least…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-5

…f the internal security code.It carries out the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 2513-3, under the following conditions:a) Under the direction a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-55

…article R. 4211-53 appoint a responsible person and one or more interim responsible persons to replace him/her, with the same powers and responsibilities as those conferred on the responsible person.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article D1333-6-4

The categories of substances that may benefit from the exemptions resulting from the application of articles R. 1333-6-1 to R. 1333-6-3 are as follows: -Metallic substances which, prior to their use i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55

…of the Penitentiary Code and L. 412-8 (5°) of the Social Security Code shall apply to the performance of the work provided for by 6° of Article 41-2 of this Code, the powers conferred by these articl…

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