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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-2

…tional royalty to which concessionaires of hydroelectric waterfalls are subject pursuant to article 9 of the law of 16 October 1919 on the use of hydroelectric energy ; 8° Proceeds from copies of admi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…the investment of available funds; 7° Acquisitions, exchanges and disposals of property; 8° Loans; 9° donations and legacies 10° Transactions involving amounts in excess of a threshold set by the Boa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

…er inhabitant of these municipalities are compared with the values for municipalities with 7,500 to 9,999 inhabitants; 3° For the application of 1° of article L. 2334-22 and article R. 2334-9, the pop…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 8

…people 13.60 € 4 people 17.00 € 5 people 20.40 € 6 people 23.80 € 7 people 27.20 € 8 people 30.60 € 9 people 34.00 € 10 people 37.40 € An additional daily amount of €7.40 is paid in accordance with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Réunion

Article L1443-1

…for in article L. 1434-10.III.-The territories of health democracy provided for in article L. 1434-9 are defined by the Regional Health Agency of La Réunion at local authority level so as to cover th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible

Article L481-10

As an exception to article L. 481-9, a small or medium-sized enterprise is not jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suffered by victims other than its direct or indirect contractors w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-15

I.-The information mentioned in I and II of article L. 22-10-9 is made available to the public free of charge on the company's website for a period of ten years. Without prejudice to the third paragra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Compulsory consultations in establishments comprising one or more installations subject to authorisation or a basic nuclear installation

Article R2312-25

…article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article R940-1

…020-1616 of 17 December 2020, with the exception of Articles R. 721-7 to R. 722-6, R. 722-8, R. 722-9, R. 722-11 to R. 722-17, R. 723-4, R. 723-9 to R. 723-31.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-22

…ey are at least eighteen years old, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearin…

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