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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10-9

…is subject to public participation by electronic means under the conditions defined in article L. 123-19 of the Environmental Code. A summary of the comments and proposals submitted by the public is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-1

…is asymmetric cryptography, the means of access to a digital asset are private cryptographic keys. 2° The service of buying or selling digital assets in legal tender is constituted by concluding purc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-10-8

…the following details: 1° The human and material resources allocated to carrying out these actions; 2° The characteristics of the people hired and their employment contracts; 3° The nature, purpose an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-10-12

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the local authority may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and conditions defined by d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-11

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the Assembly of Martinique may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and under the condit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-103-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7226-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Martinique Economic, Social and Environmental Council for Culture and Education and, wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-4

Where the merger involves a portfolio transfer under the conditions laid down in Article L. 324-1 and one or more of the companies involved in the merger have issued securities under the conditions la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

In accordance with article L. 5151-2 of the French Labour Code, a personal activity account is opened for any person subject to the contribution provided for in articles L. 6331-48, L. 6331-53 and L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-36

The provisions of Article L. 225-102-1, relating to the extra-financial performance declaration and the consolidated extra-financial performance declaration, are applicable to companies whose securiti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article R2223-103-1

I.-When 1° of II of article L. 2223-18-1-1, the crematorium operator shall pay the proceeds from the sale of metals recovered after cremation to one or more communes, which may only allocate the corre…

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