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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-21

I.-The articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, the revenues of the operating section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte include…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

…enter into an information exchange agreement with the master AIF or UCITS. However, this agreement may be replaced by internal conduct of business rules when the master AIF or UCITS and the feeder ge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

…uidity and solvency of each of these institutions and companies and of the network as a whole. They may also decide to prohibit or limit the distribution of dividends to shareholders or the remunerati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-31

…nary meeting made up of the Chairman, the colleges of representatives mentioned in 1° of article R. 6156-2, the representatives mentioned in 2° of article R. 6156-2 and the representatives of the mini…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

Article 31-2

…a certificate of nationality, the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court may presume, in the absence of other elements, that the civil status records drawn up abroad and whi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-31

The co-owner of a patent application or patent may notify the other co-owners that he is surrendering his share to them. With effect from the entry of such abandonment in the National Patent Register…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-7

…diovisual writing or directing provided by a French or European university or school;Other diplomas may also be accepted if they are relevant to the audiovisual training provided, with the exception o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article D2135-31

In application of the provisions of 3° of article L. 2135-13, the fund allocates the credits between each of the organisations mentioned in 3° of article L. 2135-12 on the basis of their audience in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional health plan zones

Article R1434-31

…f 2° of Article L. 1434-9 are delimited by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. They may be common to several regions. This delimitation takes into account the geographical accessibilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-31

…able contractual or collective agreement provisions, the increases provided for in this sub-section may not result in the apprentice receiving a salary in excess of 100% of the minimum growth wage. Th…

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