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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

…8 as well as the State's economic and financial control as defined by Decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 as amended relating to State control over national public companies and certain bodies with an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-19

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part relating to the mayor and his deputies are also applicable to the deputy mayors and their deputies respectively. However, for the appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-19

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may issue a simplified electronic money institution authorisation where the commercial activities as a whole generate an average of electronic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-19

…Article R. 352-2; 4° With regard to diversification effects, insurance and reinsurance undertakings may take account in their internal model of the dependencies existing within given risk categories,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-19

…uros of each plan. II - The provisions of the first and third paragraphs of VII of article L. 144-2 may be applied individually to each popular retirement savings plan as soon as it is set up. These p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-19

…itted against a person invested with a public elective office by reason of his functions or office, may exercise the rights granted to the civil party, if the public prosecution has been initiated by…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: The orientation hearing

Article R322-19

…le no later than one month before the date set for the auction. Failing this, the enforcement judge may, at the request of the pursuing creditor, postpone the date of the forced sale hearing. Where a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

…ailing that, a collective agreement at branch level, or an agreement concluded at territorial level may provide for the possibility of employing employees between 9 p.m. and midnight.This agreement pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-19

…programme and terms of the aptitude examination are set by order of the Minister of Justice.No one may sit the examination more than three times.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

…nce. Where necessary, by virtue of their involvement in the functions of the Banque de France, they may be subject to those of the Statute of the Banque de France.The Authority's departments constitut…

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