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

Article L2511-18

The inventory of local facilities is set by joint deliberations of the city council or Paris council and the arrondissement council, and, where applicable, amended in the same forms.In the event of di…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Sentences rendered abroad

Article 1525

An appeal may be lodged against a decision ruling on an application for recognition or enforcement of an arbitral award made abroad. An appeal shall be lodged within one month of service of the decisi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1500

…land used for an activity falling within the scope of the business property tax defined in article 1447. D.-If the threshold defined in B is crossed, the operator shall inform the owner, if different,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special allowance agreement for older workers

Article R5123-18

Payment of the special allowance is suspended if you return to work.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-15

Articles R. 1434-13 to R. 1434-18, R. 1434-21, R. 1434-22 and R. 1434-24 to R. 1434-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Length of training period

Article R426-18

In the case provided for in 1° of article R. 426-16, the duration of the traineeship may not exceed six months where it relates to vocational training.In the case provided for in 2° of article R. 426-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-18

…o calculate the group solvency of an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 in relation to an affiliated undertaking having its registered office in a Member State or in a th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 156

Civil registrars who proceed with the celebration of marriages contracted by sons or daughters who have not reached the age of eighteen without the consent of the fathers and mothers, that of the gran…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 311-18

The amount of aid for the production and preparation of a given audiovisual work may not exceed 40% of the final cost of that work and, in the case of an international co-production, 40% of the French…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-15

The application for authorisation referred to in Article L. 1161-5 is sent by the company exploiting the medicinal product to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et…

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