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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

…mmunes of the Ile-de-France region are distributed among the communes of this region with more than 5,000 inhabitants whose value of the synthetic index of resources and burdens mentioned in II is gre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-14

…o the statutory auditor, either spontaneously or in response to specific requests. These statements may be made by members of management with different levels of responsibility and areas of expertise…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 147-1

…re is a serious risk that the offence will be repeated, the release of a person remanded in custody may be ordered, ex officio or at the request of the person concerned, where a medical assessment est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Non-drinking water

Article L1322-14

…it to control measures, as well as the conditions under which the costs associated with the control may be charged to them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-14

…within two months of the expiry of the period provided for in the second paragraph of article D. 1142-10. It shall ask the beneficiary to provide the income used to calculate the penalty in accordan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-147

The granting of credit or a conditional loan (number 145 in table 5) gives rise to a fee of €26.41..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Online sales of corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses

Article R4362-14

…of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé mentioned in Article L. 5311-1, giving access to the reporting procedure provided for in Article L. 5212-2 ; 3° The informat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-14

…e to the provisions of article R. 1612-18, the opinions and decisions of the regional audit chamber may be communicated to third parties as soon as the first meeting of the deliberative assembly follo…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Unavailability of the seized property

Article R321-14

…vided for in the second paragraph of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 2123-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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