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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R4437-5

I. - For the application to Mayotte of article R. 4432-10, references to articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-7 are replaced by references to articles R. 4437-3 and R. 4437-4.II. - For the application to May…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Directorate-General for Labour

Article R8121-13

…has authority over the decentralised services and is responsible for the application of Convention No. 81 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of 11 July 1947 on labour inspection, as well…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95-1

…économique et financier, a société financière d'innovation mentioned in III (B) de article 4 of law no. 72-650 of 11 July 1972 containing various economic and financial provisions, a société de libre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8

…f the insolvency proceedings within the meaning of Article 3(1), (2) or (4) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings, the court with jurisdiction to hear the appeal agai…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…ent work" qualification sheet drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 13 II of decree no. 2021-1926 of 30 December 2021 relating to the contribution to the production of cinematographic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…Some items in the accounts cannot be measured precisely and can only be estimated. These estimates may result in a risk that the accounts contain material misstatements. 2. The purpose of this standa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-10

…10 respectively of Regulation (EU) No 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and ame…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

Municipal councils may vote to increase their functional allowances in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

Judicial supervision may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under investigation is liable to a correctional prison sentence or a more serious penal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-10

…the commission defined in III of this article shall be informed as soon as possible. The commission may issue an opinion within fifteen days of delivery of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the…

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