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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban equalisation grant.

Article R3334-2

…vailable on the website of the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques on 1st January of the allocation year and, on the other hand, the municipal population of all the communes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-9

…ents" of this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.-Part 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

…ata concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° That this data is tran…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R153-2

…references to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° The references to the commander of the gendarmerie group are replaced by the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-1

I.-The content of the information referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-1, in II and III of Article L. 228-29-7-2 and in Article L. 22-10-43-1, and the procedures for transmitting that information are sp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-27

I.-Any person actively soliciting mandates within the meaning of Article L. 22-10-41 shall publish a regularly updated document entitled "voting policy" on its website. This document may also be consu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-24

…I of Title II of Book IV of this Part, monitor the application of the provisions of Article L. 1333-22. They shall inform the Nuclear Safety Authority of the results of their inspections.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16

…ings, investigations, expert reports, requisitions, including those provided for by the article 132-22 of the Penal Code or any other measure, to enable a decision to individualise a sentence to be ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-20-1

For the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of I of Article L. 232-22, a copy of the management report shall be delivered to any person, at his own expense, at the company's registered…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L784-11

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-22 and L. 621-23 Act no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-24 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L.…

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