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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 24 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4

…Article L. 424-6 is set in Article 77 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards org…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1111-18, subject to the followin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-29

…judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as soon as he has been appointe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…e not required for communities of communes existing on the date of publication of Law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 on the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation, or resulting fro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13-1

…sor-hospital practitioner in occupational medicine under the conditions defined in articles R. 4626-12 and R. 4626-13. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 4623-4 and R. 4626-9 do not apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-73

…self-employed workers begins when the self-employed activity ends, which must be within a period of 12 months prior to the day before registration as a jobseeker or, where applicable, the first day of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…2-1 à L. 3632-4 and to the training costs of the elected representatives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the gen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Additional provisions relating to public sector companies.

Article L2144-1

…also applies to the establishments and undertakings mentioned in article 1 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public sector companies and establishments.

Article L2282-1

…rovisions of this chapter also apply to the companies mentioned inarticle 1 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector.

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