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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L784-11

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-22 and L. 621-23 Act no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-24 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-31

…ority or a group of local authorities, the information provided for in articles D. 1332-21, D. 1332-22, D. 1332-24 and D. 1332-28 to D. 1332-30 is sent directly between the person responsible for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of the second part of the grant provided for in Article L. 2511-39 (R).

Article R2113-19

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…id for four years, except when it is issued: 1° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-22 ; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit issued to the spo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…tual Property Code.III - By way of exception to Article II and for acts committed between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024, the rights and actions arising from this Article shall be exercised by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

…a period the expiry of which will be set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and the duration of which may not be less than five years, publicity in the real estate register may be voluntarily required,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties

Article L613-76

…twithstanding any provision or stipulation to the contrary, the general meeting of a clearing house may, by a two-thirds majority, issue a notice convening a general meeting or amend its articles of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

…r the purposes referred to in Article L. 6131-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask public health establishments:1° To enter into a cooperation agreement ;2° To set up a health…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-24

…ailure to comply with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article R. 526-16 and article R. 526-22, the judge responsible for overseeing the trade and companies register in the jurisdiction shall,…

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