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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-8

…ertaken by multi-purpose intercommunal syndicates, which meet the conditions set by article D. 5212-9, are increased by 20% without the total grant exceeding 80% of the amount of subsidisable expendit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Section D Central Council

Article D4233-21-1

…ons with the highest number of assistant dispensing pharmacists, in accordance with article L. 4232-9, are designated by the national council, after consulting the board of the central council of sect…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…hire purchase, a description of the goods hired and the price to be paid in the event of purchase; 9° Any security required; 10° Except in the case of a lease with a purchase option, the borrowing ra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…t to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND DATA PROCESSING

Article L140-1

In accordance with article L. 210-1, the provisions of articles L. 142-1 and articles

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Travel documents

Article L561-13

The travel document referred to in Articles L. 561-9, L. 561-10 or L. 561-11 may be withdrawn or its renewal refused where it appears, subsequent to its issue, that this is justified for imperative re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: While the State responsible for examining the asylum application is being determined and for the purposes of enforcing the transfer decision

Article L751-3

…der house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2 may be placed in detention pursuant to article L. 751-9 if they present a non-negligible risk of absconding as defined in article L. 751-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-10

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 2363-9 insofar as it refers to the first paragraph of Article L. 2353-32, the State in which the registered office of the European Cooperative So…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-16

…al sample must be taken in one of the areas determined in application of b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9 where the medical biology laboratory is located, unless an exception is made for public health rea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article D133-2

For the purposes of Article L. 133-9, the payment service provider may set a cut-off time close to the end of a business day after which any payment order received is deemed to have been received on t…

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