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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

Municipal councils may vote to increase their functional allowances in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-22

…ng its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte or Saint-Martin and wishing to carry on business in another Member State of the European Uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-22

…examinations mentioned above indicate a risk of transmission of an infectious disease, the gametes may not be donated. The practitioner mentioned in the first paragraph will also enquire about the pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-22

…l and economic committee and one or more establishment social and economic committees, an agreement may define the order and deadlines in which the central social and economic committee and the establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-22

…eil des maisons de vente and the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés. No one may sit the examination for access to the traineeship more than three times.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals staying as au pairs

Article L426-22

A foreigner aged between eighteen and thirty who is taken in temporarily by a family of a different nationality with whom he or she has no family ties, with the aim of improving his or her language sk…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article R312-22

…ts Committee, representing the sports movement;b) One member nominated by the Association of French Mayors;c) One member nominated by the most representative body of sports facility construction profe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-8

The sums entered in the automatic cinema distribution account may also be invested to cover, on behalf of production companies, other distribution expenses relating to : 1° Long-length cinematographic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Working conditions.

Article L1251-22

…rvices.Where the user undertaking has its own occupational health and prevention service, employees may be monitored by this service under an agreement with the temporary employment undertaking.When t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-22

…sion of the government authorising extradition is no longer subject to appeal, the Attorney General may order the search for and arrest of the person concerned, including by applying Article 74-2, and…

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