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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-19

The deliberative assemblies of local authorities and their groupings decide on the principle of any delegation of public services to a local public company or a single-operations semi-public company,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-19

…ble for the management, administration or control of associations is that defined, depending on the case, by article L. 225-251, the second paragraph of article L. 225-253, articles L. 225-254 and L.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Contracts involving major technical contingencies

Article R2372-19

In defence or security contracts involving significant technical risks, in particular those involving development work or those relating to maintaining equipment in operational condition, the purchase…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Verification of housing conditions

Article R434-19

Specifically authorised officials from the local authority's social affairs or housing departments or, at the request of the mayor, officials from the French Office for Immigration and Integration may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Carrying out an activity in the public interest.

Article R5425-19

An unemployed worker receiving replacement income may carry out tasks of general interest as provided for in article L. 5425-9 for a maximum of fifty hours per month if the tasks in question give rise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-19

…transmission of information referred to in Articles R. 5139-4, R. 5139-5, R. 5139-12 and R. 5139-14 may be carried out electronically after affixing an electronic signature in accordance with the prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-19

…sions of articles R. 1112-79 to R. 1112-94 relating to the users' commission are applied to persons cared for in cosmetic surgery facilities where the holder of the authorisation is a health establish…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-19

…respect of income for the penultimate year does not exceed the limit mentioned in 1 bis of article 1657 of the General Tax Code are entitled to a premium equal to one quarter of their annual amount f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-19

The term of the contracts mentioned in article L. 224-17 may not exceed five years.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R823-19

…laboratory is subject to the economic and financial control of the State provided for by the décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat dans les entreprises publiques nationales et…

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