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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-22

…e of communes included in whole or in part within the perimeter of the community or encompassing it may be devolved to a community of communes.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-22

…e funds from the guarantee fund must be deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. They may be invested in bonds and other securities issued or guaranteed by a Member State of the European…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-22

If the child remains hospitalised until the end of the sixth week following the birth, the employee may postpone all or part of the leave to which she is still entitled until the date on which the hos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Distribution and transfer of shares in central insurance companies.

Article L322-22

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-13, shares in central insurance companies may : a) Either be distributed free of charge to members of staff of national insurance undertakings ; b) or be so…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Rules applicable to forward financial instruments and the assignment of receivables before their maturity.

Article R214-224

The financing institution may enter into contracts constituting forward financial instruments referred to in III of Article L. 211-1 under the conditions laid down in its articles of association or it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-22

…tsmen employing no more than two workers on a permanent basis. However, the Articles of Association may provide that the Caisses de Crédit Agricole Mutuel may admit as members persons for whom they ha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 225-1

Each of the spouses may bear, as a matter of usage, the name of the other spouse, by substitution or addition to his or her own name in the order he or she chooses, within the limit of one surname for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22

The State may, at any time, by decree, expropriate in whole or in part for the needs of national defence plant varieties, the subject of applications for certificates or certificates. Failing amicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-22

In situations of vital urgency and in the absence of therapeutic alternatives, the doctor may also waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14. An order by the Ministe…

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