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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-3

…pal arrondissements respectively.The boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-37

…latter case, the editions of the recordings and the documents to be kept pursuant to articles R. 5132-32, R. 5132-35 and R. 5132-36 to the purchaser, who shall give him a discharge. In the event of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

…ted by the difference between the total amount of the regulated commitments mentioned in Article R. 331-1, all currencies combined, and the total amount of the assets mentioned in Articles R. 332-3-4…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, the contributions to the guarantee fund are based on the following conditions: 1° The contribution from insurance compa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-31

The statutory auditors' report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40 contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Interested in fraud.

Article 399

…as participated as an interested party in any way in the offences provided for in articles 414, 414-2 and 415 shall be liable to the same penalties as the perpetrators of the offence and, in addition,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-2

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the following days commemorating the abolition of slavery are public holidays: 1° 27 April in Mayotte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757-3

By way of derogation from article 757-2, in the event of the predecease of the father and mother, the property which the deceased had received from his ascendants by succession or gift and which is in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article R531-35

When, in the cases and under the conditions set out in article L. 531-41, the interested party intends to submit a request for reconsideration, he or she must make a new application for registration w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Information and publicity measures.

Article R321-33

I.-The advertisement provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-11 shall specify at least the date and place of the planned sale, the name of the voluntary sales operator and the date of it…

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