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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L3123-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 3123-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training.

Article L4135-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 4135-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Temporary storage (R).

Article R2213-29

After the coffin has been closed, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2213-20, it may be temporarily deposited in a religious building, a burial chamber, at the crematorium, in a depositor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1758 A

…equal to 10% of the duties charged to the taxpayer or of the undue claim.The increase is raised to 20% in the event of late filing within thirty days of formal notice.II. - This increase is not appli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…ailures to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-6

…y of the entity providing support a draft decision prohibiting or restricting financial support, it may, in the event of disagreement, refer the matter within two days to the European Banking Authorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-23

…asset management company intends to amend any of the disclosures referred to in II ofArticle D. 532-20 or, as the case may be, provided for inArticle L. 532-23, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Restricted formation (R).

Article R5211-31

…the municipalities are elected within each of the electoral colleges referred to in article R. 5211-20. The representatives of the établissements publics de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité prop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-5

…e university lecturers mentioned in the first paragraph of articles 4 and 8 of decree no. 91-966 of 20 September 1991 relating to the associate staff of hospitals and university centres in the medical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…inary General Meeting, on the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, and on the special report of the company's Statutory Auditors or, if none has been appointed…

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