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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…icle L. 722-20 of the same code; c) (Repealed) ; d) By the social welfare fund provided for byorder no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affair…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single subsection: Restricted traffic zones

Article D2213-1-0-2

…sion mobility zone studied in application of the second paragraph of 3° of II of the article L. 229-26 of the Environment Code. III.-Municipalities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…erations carried out by the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defence pursuant to Decree no. 76-225 of 4 March 1976, as amended, laying down the respective powers of the Minister of the Int…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-1

…entioned in Article L. 5424-21, the assistance provided for in II of Article 136 of the Finance Act No. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 for 1997, the sums remaining due in respect of the payment of the re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The decision of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-7

The panel of the Court of Revision and Review rejects the application if it considers it to be unfounded. If it considers the application to be well-founded, it shall set aside the conviction handed d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

In good time, before being bound by a contract, the person being canvassed shall receive information laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating in particular to: 1° The name and business addr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-5

I.-The decision to suspend or dissolve the bureau alone or the general meeting and the bureau of a public establishment of the network provided for by article L. 712-9 is taken by order of the supervi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater E

…oning of the European Union to de minimis aid. III -For planning permission issued from 1st January 2017, the exemptions adopted by the Lyon metropolitan authority apply simultaneously to the share of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10

…l and the status of its shareholders or, in the case of the companies referred to in Article L. 322-26-1, the mutual insurers and associations referred to in Article L. 211-8 of the Mutual Code and th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…egulation (EU) 2018/775 of 28 May 2018 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision…

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