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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

I.-For the application of article D. 4425-30: a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the Corsican local authority, as it r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-318

The Disciplinary Board comprises: 1° A chairman and an alternate chairman, members of the Conseil d'Etat, appointed on a proposal from the vice-chairman of the Conseil d'Etat; 2° Six full members and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-31

I.-The redistribution files provided for in II of Article D. 123-80-1 shall be transmitted in text format for the results of restatements of information contained in registrations as well as, if they…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-31

Sont transférés à la collectivité de Corse, en application du deuxième alinéa de l'article L. 4422-43 :1° The departments or parts of departments responsible, within the regional directorate of equipm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-3

The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and, where applicable, the risk committee shall be provided with full information on the sit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 311-111

For the issue of the decisions mentioned in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to 5° "haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-31-3

The non-medical team in a haematology intensive care unit comprises at least: 1° One nurse for every four open beds ; 2° During the day, one nursing assistant for every four open beds and, at night, o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-31

The sale is again subject to articles L. 141-28 to L. 141-30 when it occurs more than two years after the date on which all employees were informed of the sale. If during this two-year period the work…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-31

Directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 shall not lose the benefit of their employment contract. Their remuneration as employees may not be reduced as a result of e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-31

A recourse action may be brought by the seller against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, including the producer, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code.

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