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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-6

…abitants; 4° The public housing offices whose total current revenue shown in their accounts for the 2014 financial year is more than 20 million euros; 5° Other local public establishments whose total…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6221-33

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him, request the Territorial Council, by a reasoned order, to give a new reading to a deliberation. The representative…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article LO6321-34

The representative of the State may, within fifteen days of it being forwarded to him, request the Territorial Council, by a reasoned order, to give a new reading to a deliberation. The representative…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on the costs of chambers of commerce and industry

Article 1600

…47 D. The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-22

…oting rights held by the FIA whenever this proportion reaches or falls below the thresholds of 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% and 75%. I of article L. 214-24-21 applies to an AIF or its management company which a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-16

…anonymity of each candidate. Each composition is examined by two markers and given a mark from 0 to 20. This mark is assigned the coefficient provided for the corresponding test. Admissibility is decl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 726

The placement, on an exceptional basis, of juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen in a disciplinary cell may not exceed seven days.In an emergency, juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen may,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-170

…n mountain sports may enrol. The enrolment file, the composition of which is set out in appendix II-20, must be submitted to the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne at least two months before the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-12

The minimum number of Board meetings is set by the school's internal regulations. It may not be less than four meetings per year. The Board of Directors is convened by its Chairman. The procedures for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions

Article D412-7-1

…ate of minimum durability under the conditions laid down in 1 of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; -" This product may be consumed after this date" or any statement with an equivalent meaning f…

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