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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…for in II to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2122-1 to D. 2122-3 decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 D. 2122-4 decree no. 2000-1250 of 18 December 2000 D. 2122-5 to D. 2122…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article D4323-2-1

Articles R. 4113-4 to R. 4113-10, R. 4113-28 to R. 4113-33, R. 4113-109 to R. 4113-114, R. 4123-18 to R. 4123-21 and R. 4124-3 to R. 4124-3-9 are applicable to chiropodists subject to the following ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article R5141-1

…the information document accompanying the veterinary medicinal product and intended for the user; 10° Risks associated with the use of the veterinary medicinal product : any risk to animal or human…

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

Article R356-19

…ith the arrangements laid down in Article 331 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. Where an own-fund item originates from a related undertaking in a third country, th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Visiting foreign nationals

Article L426-20

A foreign national who provides proof that he/she can live on his/her own resources, which must be at least equal to the annual net minimum growth wage, irrespective of the allowance for disabled adul…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-218

…ppoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds set by decree for two…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-3

…arried out under Article L. 431-9 and one account for transactions carried out under Article L. 431-10. Each of these accounts shows details of all provisions, income, expenses, losses and profits rel…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Resources

Article R121-28

…sed to collect;2° Taxes paid by employers who take on foreign workers, as defined in article L. 436-10;3° The special contribution provided for in article L. 8253-1 of the Labour Code and the contribu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3431-4

…schooling, in accordance with the procedures defined by the agreement referred to in article L. 312-10 of the Education Code, in addition to the teaching hours provided by the Ministry of National Edu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Mobility vouchers

Article L3261-7

…ame article L. 3261-6 and to this article, as well as to the decree provided for in article L. 3261-10, they may only be debited to pay for specific goods or services relating to the movement of emplo…

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