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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article LO6431-10

The Territorial Council is also convened at the request of: a) The Executive Council; b) One third of the members of the Territorial Council on a set agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Deletion of data from the file

Article R53-8-35

The department managing the file shall erase the data entered in it: a) On expiry of the periods provided for in 1° and 2° of Article 706-53-4; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-63

The approval of a not-for-profit humanitarian organisation as provided for in article L. 5124-7 is granted by the Minister for Health, after obtaining the opinion of the Minister for Humanitarian Acti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-9

The contribution of the entrepreneur-employee mentioned in c of 2° of article L. 7331-2 participates in the financing of expenses, enabling the cooperative to achieve its purpose as defined byarticle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Accounting

Article R7413-1

The homeworker keeps separate accounts for raw materials and supplies intended for the homeworker. These accounts shall show separately: 1° On entry into the establishment: the date of entry, the quan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Entertainment, advertising and fashion professions

Article R7523-2

For the application of article R. 7122-31 in Mayotte: 1° Le b du 1° est remplacé par les dispositions suivantes: " b) Article 1er du décret n° 98-1162 du 16 décembre 1998 et article R. 243-13 du code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-24

…so decided by concordant deliberations of the syndicate and the commune concerned taken before 1st July to be applicable the following year and sent to the assigning public accountant no later than f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II: CATEGORIES OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article L420-1

In accordance with article L. 237-1, the provisions of articles L. 424-1 to L. 424-4, L. 424-6, L. 424-7, L. 424-9 to L. 424-13, L. 424-15 and L. 424-16 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control.

Article R518-30-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 518-15-2, the Supervisory Board of Caisse des dépôts et consignations is informed of the inspections carried out by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

…ure is also applicable to the offence of defamation provided for in the Article 32 of the Law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press and the offence of insult provided for in the second to fourth…

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