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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-3

…and the Senate.The Prime Minister acknowledges receipt of the proposals forwarded to him. An annual report will indicate the action taken on these proposals. This report is made public.Each of the reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: The gender equality and anti-discrimination officer and the safety and security officer

Article D1424-20-4

…ness-raising initiatives for officers and volunteer firefighters, as well as monitoring training on compliance with the principle of professional equality between women and men and the promotion of di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2224-5

In communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with 3,500 inhabitants or more, the annual report(s), as well as, where applicable, the introductory notes defined in articles D. 22…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous benefits

Article A743-14

…0 15.61 € b) Amount of the sum entered in the deed greater than or equal to €20,800 69.11 € 139 Sea report 3.35 € 140 Notice concerning a declaration relating to the sale, transfer, contribution to a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in reactovigilance.

Article R5222-15

Local reactovigilance correspondents are responsible for : 1° Recording and analysing any reported incident or risk of incident likely to be due to an in vitro diagnostic medical device; 2° Declaring…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…for rightholders, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 113-10, in the Member State of the European Union where the first publication or, in the absence thereof, the first broadcast of the wo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B

…ection with a public offer, merger, demerger, takeover of a mutual fund by an open-ended investment company, conversion, division, or consolidation, carried out in accordance with the regulations in f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

…a "DLT market infrastructure" within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-1-2

…ance or insurance undertakings having their head office in France or in another Member State of the European Union, one or more provident institutions or unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the So…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-7-1

…revious paragraph, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (…

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