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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-32

For the application of article L. 626-16, the competent meetings are convened in the forms and within the time limits provided for in articles R. 626-1 to R. 626-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Adoption of the budget.

Article D2573-30

Article R. 2312-1 is, from the 2009 financial year, applicable to the communes of French Polynesia. Article D. 2312-3 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-33

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7124-9, elected representatives who are civil servants, local authority civil servants, hospital civil servants or contract employee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-33

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7226-9, elected officials who are civil servants, territorial civil servants or hospital civil servants or contractual employees of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

…m this provision, withdrawals or redemptions of sums or securities included in the plan may be made during the five years following the opening of the plan without leading to closure, on condition tha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

The following shall be entered in the national register of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
7. Drug addicts

Article R1112-39

Persons ordered by the judicial or health authorities to undergo a detoxification cure are admitted and discharged under the conditions set out in Articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Environmental appendix

Article D145-34

The content of the environmental annex mentioned in article L. 125-9of the Environment Code is defined in articles R. 137-1 to R. 137-3 of the Construction and Housing Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

…sonal data file or processing system held by a government department in order to carry out the procedures provided for in this Title. Under conditions specified, on the one hand, by the decree in Coun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3

…porters, operators, stockists, wholesaler-distributors, wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products other than medicinal products, wholesale distributors of medicinal plants, wholesale distribut…

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