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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-9

…ts for inter-municipal cooperation are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional joint body.

Article R5312-28

The regional joint body provided for in article L. 5312-10 comprises five members representing employers and five members representing employees appointed by the representative national and cross-indu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R775-1

…14R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exception of a, b and d of 2° of its In° 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018R. 511-2-1-2 and R. 511-2-1-3n° 2016-501 of 22 April 2016R. 511-2-1n°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-29-1

I. - For foreign issuers, the market on which the highest volume of securities is traded is determined on the basis of an annual average of the number of securities traded on 31 December of the previo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-4

The fee provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-4 in respect of the diagnosis of the safeguard or receivership proceedings (number 1 of Table 4-1), is set as follows: 1° Where the debtor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-14

The purchaser is deemed to offer other appropriate means of access in all of the following cases: 1° Where it offers free, unrestricted, full and direct access by electronic means to the tools and dev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

Employers' groups are set up in one of the following forms: 1° Association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-95

The units or shares of undertakings referred to in 5° of the I of article L. 214-36 may represent more than 10% of the assets of the undertaking for collective investment in real estate, subject to co…

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