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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.

Article R752-11

For projects that do not require planning permission, the application accompanied by the file must be sent to the secretariat of the departmental committee in duplicate, one of which must be in electr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-15

For the period between 29 December 2021 and 26 April 2022, the calculation rates are set at :- 141.06% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 132.43%…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-15

…e appropriateness of the level of their prudential technical provisions referred to in Article L. 351-2, as well as the applicability and relevance of the methods they apply and the adequacy of the un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

…is, after having declared themselves as service providers, are subject to the provisions of Article 111 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and to the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-15

…to obtain an order to put an end to the unlawful employment of employees in breach of articles L. 3134-10 to L. 3134-12 in retail establishments and establishments providing services to consumers. In…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1199

…y or by court order, for the purpose of organising one of the measures provided for in articles 375-2 and 375-4 of the civil code and to monitor their application.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-11

The occupational health and prevention service is administered jointly by a board composed of :1° Employers' representatives appointed by the representative organisations at national and cross-industr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7222-15

…are then valid regardless of the number of those present.Subject to the provisions of articles L. 7223-1, L. 7223-2, L. 7223-3 and L. 7224-2 L. 7224-1, the decisions of the Assembly are taken by a ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

…r the management account drawn up by the local authority's accounting officer has been submitted by 1 June of the year following the financial year. The vote of the deliberative body approving the acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article D2121-12

…mises made available to councillors not belonging to the municipal majority, pursuant to article L. 2121-27, are set by agreement between them and the mayor. In the event of disagreement, it is up to…

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