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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…pril 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 2123-5Decree no. 2021-1708 of 17th December 2021R. 2123-6 and R. 2123-7Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003 R. 2123-9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

I.-Statutory auditors are prohibited from accepting an engagement to certify the accounts of a public interest entity if, during the financial year preceding that for which the accounts are to be cert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I

…ED IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 FOR COMPANIES WITH MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve consecutive months as the reference period for calculating the indicat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

…ercise significant influence over the management of the latter within the meaning of Article L. 233-17-2 of the same code. 3. The provisions of 1, 2 and 2a do not apply to mergers, demergers and parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

…229-25 of the Environmental Code or simplified balance provided for in Article 244 of Law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 on finance for 2021 for companies required to draw up these different balan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…11-1 giving rise to prior approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to EU Regulation 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the fee payable, set by decree, is greater than €2,000 and less than or e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

…concerning third parties not involved in therapeutic care. Only the information listed in 1° and 2° may be disclosed.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R155-2

…for validation of reception certificates. "15° In articles R. 142-46 and R. 142-47, the words: "the mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissem…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R156-2

…for validation of reception certificates. "15° In articles R. 142-46 and R. 142-47, the words: "the mayor of the commune of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, the arrondissem…

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