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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-1

Disabled jobseekers who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-26, as well as disabled people recognised under article L. 5213-2 and looking for their first job, receive a monthly pa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…document of title. 3. All import or export authorisation titles (licences or other similar titles) may not, under any circumstances, be the subject of a loan, sale, assignment or, in general, any tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

…ve conditions mentioned in the following six paragraphs, the population to be taken into account in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the application of this section is that used to calculate the global operati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-2

…the withdrawal of a municipality under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5211-19, L. 5214-26 or L. 5216-11, the author of the request or initiative draws up a document presenting an estimate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5842-10

…"or the development of an urban community and its evolution into a regional metropolis as the case may be" and: "whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the eleventh paragraph of Article L. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-30

…s Chairman, either at the latter's initiative or at the request of half of its members.The Chairman may decide that a meeting of the Supervisory Board is to be organised remotely in accordance with th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-2

…onetary and Financial Code, in accordance with one of the procedures provided for in Article L. 612-26 of the same code has not been acted upon within two weeks of the request, or where the Authority…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-299

…ecisions to open safeguard or receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings opened on or after 26 June 2018, without prejudice to 1° of Article R. 123-298, the following information is also reque…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

In order to carry out its missions, the National Public Health Agency may in particular: 1° Acquire the necessary movable and immovable property; 2° Allocate, from its own budget, grants, loans or adv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-30

A natural person may act as a trainer of coordinators if he or she can provide evidence of : 1° A level of competence at least equal to that required for coordinators in Articles R. 4532-25 and R. 453…

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