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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-16

The régisseurs are required to keep accounts, the form of which is laid down by the minister responsible for the budget and, where applicable, by the minister(s) concerned. These accounts shall show a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R519-5

…tion provided for in I of Article L. 519-1 must be understood as any pecuniary payment or any other form of agreed economic benefit linked to the intermediation service.II. - The remuneration allocate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose

Article D2352-2

The directors of participating companies shall inform their trade union organisations, their subsidiaries and their establishments that have representatives or elected representatives of: 1° The numbe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-60

…Wills (testamentary partition, testament partage, authentic or mystical will or codicil in the same form) 113.19 € 4 Custody of holographic will prior to death 26.41 € 5 Minutes of the opening and des…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux.

Article R2573-56

…igh Commissioner or when the majority of members so request. Meetings of the committee may take the form of an audiovisual or telephone conference.The committee may hear any person it deems useful.The…

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

Article R5211-1

…e control of communes according to the size of their population, the population of all the communes forming the public establishment of inter-communal cooperation is taken into account to determine th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-3

I. - The information referred to in article R. 3512-1-2 is transmitted in French in electronic form and is made public on a public website, in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for holders of evidence of formal qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4111-22

Holders of evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor, dentist or midwife obtained in the province of Quebec must send an application for authorisation to practise in application of article L. 4111…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-27

The company is formed under the condition precedent of its registration on the list of non-trading companies of nurses or masseur-physiotherapists drawn up in each department by the Director General o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-33

…icle L. 7123-6 .This statement is sent within ten days of the judgment being handed down and in the form set out in article R. 7123-32. It specifies the rights of each of the creditors and any sums pa…

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