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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…The same applies to any communication of material information to the entity's management. Reports 19. The reports drawn up by the statutory auditors in application of legal and regulatory texts shal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-13

…is made from the twelfths provided for in Article L. 2332-2 and in II of l'article 46 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006 de la commune concernée.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17

…member municipalities under the conditions provided for in 3 of 3° of B of III of article 85 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 of finance for 2006 (1). The transfer of powers is pronounced by o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-24

…st of one of the representative employers' or employees' organisations mentioned in article L. 2261-19 or at the initiative of the Minister responsible for labour, after receiving the reasoned opinion…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-64

…he data contained in his shared medical record under the conditions provided for in article L. 1111-19.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Calculation for foreign operations

Article 211-31

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-20

…e régies and companies or associations authorised to provide the services listed in Article L. 2223-19. These regulations determine: 1° The conditions under which information is provided to families,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants.

Article D1874-1

I. - The articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18, the articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…ree movement of such data, in particular via the teleservice website mentioned in Article R. 5132-1-19. II-The rights of access and rectification, as well as the right to limit processing, provided fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

…ion or for the opinion defined in II of article R. 2324-18 as well as those in I of article R. 2324-19, or to one of the mentions in the authorisation or the opinion provided for in articles R. 2324-2…

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