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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-1

The condition set out in 2° of I of Article L. 3332-17-1 is met when either of the following two conditions is met: 1° Operating expenses relating to activities involved in the pursuit of social utili…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…number of members of a board of directors or a supervisory board as provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69 of the Commercial Code is insufficient to ensure, due to their number, the direct r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-3

I.-Access to personal data in the national health data system may only be authorised for the purposes of processing:1° Contributing to a purpose mentioned in III of Article L. 1461-1 and meeting a pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…t marketing services and indicating, where applicable, the specific risks that the products offered may entail; 5° The terms of the contractual offer, in particular the total price actually payable by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-4

…he artificial development of land within the meaning of V of article L. 752-6, in all communes, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with responsibilit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

…applicable, by the amount of any losses charged to the formation fund. The Articles of Association may provide for losses to be charged to reserves prior to this reduction. II - Mutualist certificate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…irm or finance company is in one of the situations referred to in A or B, the Enforcement Committee may impose one or more of the following disciplinary sanctions, depending on the seriousness of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-32

…ic cooperation establishments, within the territory of the municipalities that are members of them, may, in addition to the possibilities opened up by the twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs of Article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3381-1

…om decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019In Title IIIR. 3131-1Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022R. 3131-2 to R. 3131-5R. 3133-3Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 3133-10…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3371-1

…om decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019In Title IIIR. 3131-1Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022R. 3131-2 to R. 3131-5R. 3133-3Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019R. 3133-10…

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