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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6413-1

…e Constitution or in one of the matters falling within the remit of the local authority pursuant to II of Article LO 6414-1. The automatic applicability of laws and regulations does not prevent them f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Boundaries and signs

Article R4451-24

…cupational exposure limit values provided for in articles R. 4451-6 and R. 4451-8 to be guaranteed. II.-The employer shall put in place: 1° Specific signs appropriate to the designation of the zone; 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

…2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016" and the words: "by Chapters II and III of Title III of Regulation No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-9

…ised in accordance with Article L. 2142-1 may store embryos proposed for research pursuant to 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4 without holding the authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-7

…tition Authority shall take a decision within sixty-five working days of the opening of the review. II. - After being informed of the opening of an in-depth review pursuant to the last paragraph of II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-11-1

…commitments only gives rise to a right in favour of the creditors to a declaration of liabilities. II. - The liquidator alone has the power to require performance of current contracts by providing th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-1

…r the supervision of a group on a consolidated basis, the request for authorisation provided for in III of Article L. 613-46 shall be sent to the supervisory board by the parent institution in the EU…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-16

…d as an insurance or reinsurance undertaking subject to the rules laid down in Section 1 of Chapter II of this Title as regards the Solvency Capital Requirement, and to the same conditions as those la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-13

…Decisions to postpone are taken by order of the director general of the Centre national de gestion. II. - If a candidate refuses to complete the skills consolidation programme, the procedure for obtai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of biological samples

Article R1245-30

The biological samples referred to in the third paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5-1 may be obtained in a Member State of the European Union or supplied to a Member State of the European Union or im…

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