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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-15

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the Assembly of Corsica may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and conditions defined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rights and obligations of professionals

Article R444-15

The right of retention belongs to judicial auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers, to guarantee payment of the fees governed by this title, and, where applicable, reimbursement of costs and disbu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article D5134-159

Subject to the cases of termination of the agreement mentioned in article D. 5134-154 and the production of the supporting documents provided for in the agreement, the aid is paid for the duration of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…logical requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtitling for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audio Description Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-25

The management of the Accounting Officer of the Autorité des marchés financiers is supervised by the Regional Director of Public Finances of Ile-de-France.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

…alert in the Schengen Information System, together with the information provided for in Article 695-13, shall constitute a European arrest warrant. As a transitional measure, until such time as the Sc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Grants from the emergency rehousing fund

Article L2335-15

An emergency rehousing assistance fund is hereby established from 2006 to 2025.This fund is intended to provide financial assistance to municipalities, competent local public establishments or compete…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7th: Marine

Article 1075

The provisions of article 1083 are applicable to the caisse générale de prévoyance des marins et de leurs familles en cas de accident, de maladie, d'invalidité et de maternité (1).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-15

The municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 comprises one representative of each arrondissement mayor and an equal number of representatives of the commune mayor. The municipal commiss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-15

…r a dispute whose impact extends to more than one region, or in the case provided for in Article R. 2523-5, the documents mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 2523-7 are published in the Jo…

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