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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…le 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. He m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-28

…section resulting from the additional allocation to reserves provided for by 2° of article D. 4425-26 and recorded in the administrative account in respect of two consecutive financial years may be t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Risk assessment

Article R4412-6

…out and proposals made by the occupational risk prevention specialists mentioned in article R. 4623-26.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General measures to prevent chemical risks.

Article R4535-8

…ollective protection installations and equipment as provided for in articles R. 4412-23 and R. 4412-26 ; 5° Measures in the event of an accident or incident as provided for in articles R. 4412-33 to R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…ional penalty, as well as the additional penalty of ineligibility provided for in 2° of Article 131-26 and to articles 131-26-1and 131-26-2 of the same code, for the duration of the measure; 5° Convic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776

…candidacy for an election in order to verify whether the penalty provided for in 2° of Article 131-26 and Articles 131-26-1 and 131-26-2 of the Penal Code is mentioned.Managers of public or private l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-11

…of a member who withdraws or is excluded shall be made, notwithstanding article 18 of the law of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 125-17…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…ith an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission of information on the number of acts of downloading, co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

…e initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, within a period of one year, the exceptio…

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