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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

…ity of voters; 17° Article R. 59 relating to the obligation to be registered on the electoral roll; 18° Article R. 60 relating to proof of identity in communes with more than 5,000 inhabitants; 19° Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-12

…remainder within the five separate electoral colleges mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 1424-18. It is held on the same date as the elections to the Board of Directors provided for in article R…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…dioxide); 16° Fluorine gas and hydrofluoric acid; 17° Iodine, solid or vapour, excluding compounds; 18° Carbon oxychloride; 19° Paraquat; 20° Phosphorus, phosphorus pentafluoride, hydrogen phosphide (…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-10

…g periods have been interrupted for more than two months pursuant to articles R. 6153-13 to R. 6153-18 or R. 6153-25 , the emoluments paid during each corresponding additional training period carried…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-2

Medically assisted procreation is intended to fulfil a parental project. Any couple consisting of a man and a woman or two women or any unmarried woman shall have access to medically assisted procreat…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER III: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Article L133-1

Aircraft and other products, parts and equipment, as well as organisations and persons subject to the technical safety and security requirements laid down either by this Book or by Regulation (EC) No…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-5

…would have avoided. [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2017-750 DC of 23 March 2017]. The action for liability shall be brought before the competent co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…nd L. 2212-7 and the first three paragraphs of article L. 2212-8, in the version resulting from law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system;3° Article L. 2212-4 ;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R*322-68

…areholders' meetings respectively for the application of Section VI of Chapter IV of Title I of Law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies and Section VI of Chapter IV of Title I of Decree…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1050

…ruction companies whose articles of association comply with the standard clauses appended to decree no. 69-295 of 24 March 1969 and the majority of whose capital is held by public authorities are subj…

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