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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution

Article L5212-33

…order or decree determines, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 5211-25-1 and L. 5211-26 and, without prejudice to the rights of third parties, the conditions under which the association…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-9

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 7 of law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector, the Board of Directors determines the guidelines for the establishment's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-1-2

…article L. 312-1-3, payment incidents as referred to in article L. 131-73 and II of article L. 133-26 and those relating to other irregularities and incidents are subject to the free prior informatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…2 15 3 13 16 3 13,5 17 3 14 18 3 14,5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23 3 17 24 3 17,5 25 3 18 26 3 18,5 27 3 19 28 3 19,5 29 3 20 30 and over 3 20 In the event of redundancy in a company usually…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Xa: Health charges on fishery and aquaculture products

Article 302 bis WA

…d/or size, or insufficient classification, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products, shall be subje…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…ument provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017, and in the ab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-96

…n application of articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-97. The maximum allowances voted by the Board of Directors are set by the Executive C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15-1

…rt Four or Part Six of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in its Articles 92a and 92b ; 3° The co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

…1 to L. 2113-19, the articles L. 2113-21 to L. 2113-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 2113-26, as they read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités terr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-2

…n level of the nomenclature of French activities defined in the appendix to decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products; g) Where applicable,…

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