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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-12

Members of a town council are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected representatives who have received a deleg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-128

…egy and the planned distribution policy are set out in the SICAF's Articles of Association and reproduced in the annual report referred to in article L. 225-100 of the French Commercial Code. The inve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-12

…e share allocated to shareholders in the form of dividends. However, where a balance sheet drawn up during or at the end of the financial year and certified by an auditor shows that the company, since…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of material safety monitoring

Article R5212-12

…t home and appearing on a list drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, must appoint a local materialovigilance correspondent. Howev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-12

I. - The money market instruments referred to in 5° of I of article R. 214-11 are :1° Issued or guaranteed by :a) A Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the Eu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

In order to ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

The profession of industrial property attorney is incompatible:1° With any activity of a commercial nature, whether exercised directly or through an intermediary;2° With the capacity of partner in a g…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-12

…urnal officiel of the decision of the Autorité pronouncing that decision. Premiums or contributions due before the date of this decision resulting in the dissolution, and not paid by that date, are du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-12

…nes, communauté urbaine, communauté d'agglomération and métropole for the actual performance of the duties of president and vice-president are determined by a Conseil d'Etat decree by reference to the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L312-12

…ntermediary shall provide the borrower, in the form of an information sheet, on paper or on another durable medium, with the information required to compare different offers and enabling the borrower,…

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