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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status

Article R5211-12

…cipal cooperation adopts the distribution of the sums pooled and paid back to the municipalities by 15 October of the year of distribution at the latest. It notifies its member municipalities of the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-925

Family solidarity leave is granted under the conditions set out in articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-15 of the French Labour Code and in the regulatory provisions adopted for their application to an assoc…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Penalties and precautionary measures

Article L211-23

I.-It is an offence punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros to:-engaging in or assisting in any of the transactions referred to in articles L. 211-1 and L. 211-4 without compl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-2

…any for medical and hospital expenses, including social assistance, resulting from care that he/she may incur in French Polynesia, as well as repatriation guarantees; " 3° Documents required for the e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Services relating to registers

Article A743-10

…6.69 € 49 Notification of updates to the main and secondary registrations of persons referred to in no. 40 8.93 € 50 Filing of annual accounts 5.58 € 51 Filing of annual accounts with confidentiality…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-4

…for in 5° of article L. 111-2 ; 5° The number, powers and operating procedures of the committees it may set up to carry out the institution's tasks, and in particular the specialist committees respons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-7

…r the identification of natural persons is the reference number for the employee's savings book. It may appear on individual account statements and the summary statement. When the employee leaves the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-12

…nishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €9,000.As an additional penalty, natural persons may be banned from practising the profession of pharmacist or veterinary surgeon for up to ten years…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

…ionals in France (AGDREF2) mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R364-4

…he reference to the senior administrator of the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the references to the mayor and the town hall are replaced by the reference to the chief of district and the district resp…

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