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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…e showing the outstanding loans guaranteed by the local authority as well as the repayment schedule;6° A list of public service delegatees;7° An appendix showing all the financial commitments of the l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-157

I. - Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or the articles of association of the specialised professional fund sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-150

…ish to or cannot benefit from the provisions of 2° of B of I of the article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, or of a partner subject to legal prohibition.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-24

No one may be naturalised unless they can prove that they are assimilated into the French community, in particular through sufficient knowledge, depending on their condition, of the French language, h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-15

…s where the law or regulations expressly provide for this. In other cases, the departmental council may decide unanimously not to make appointments by secret ballot.If only one nomination has been sub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cost recovery

Article R4314-15

…f equipment established by checks carried out by the market surveillance authority, the costs which may be charged to the economic operator in question on the basis of the third paragraph of Article L…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article D314-15

…for categories of transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, mentioned in article L. 314-6, are calculated by the Banque de France. The Minister for the Economy publishes these rates an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-15

…o the State department, establishment or body on the basis of the provisions of III of article L. 1461-3, particularly in the case of matching data from the national health data system with other data…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

…exclusively to social services and other specific services listed in a notice annexed to this code, may be reserved by a contracting authority, including when it is acting as a contracting entity, for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-1

…cipatory procedure agreement concluded between the parties, the documents provided for in Article 2063 of the Civil Code, where applicable, the technician's report, as well as the documents communicat…

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