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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee

Article R1233-25-1

The commission comprises nine full staff representatives and an equal number of alternate staff representatives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R4135-22

Reimbursement of specific travel, accompaniment and technical assistance expenses may be obtained by regional elected representatives with disabilities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article R5212-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article R5214-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…a from a consulate or at the external border of States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990, in order to stay in France or on the territory of another State party to the said Agreeme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L591-2

…onsible pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article D344-5

…ollected may only be communicated in accordance with the conditions set out in article 7 bis of law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

…e tax is collected from 1 September of the year of taxation on the basis of declarations made by 30 June of the same year at the latest.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-4-6

…insurance or capitalisation contract, under the conditions provided for in I of article 3 of order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 and its application procedures, are stated in the document formalising…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-109

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of at least EUR 3.8 million, except where the guarantees are granted under contracts cons…

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