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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article D2312-3

A. - The report provided for in Article L. 2312-1 includes the following information: 1° The budgetary guidelines envisaged by the municipality relating to forecast changes in expenditure and revenue,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article R2312-1

For the application of the provisions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 2312-3, the municipal council deliberates, in communes of 10,000 inhabitants or more, on the vote of the budget by na…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-5

For the purposes of calculating the insurance allowance and determining the contributions provided for in articles L. 5422-9 to L. 5422-11, remuneration is calculated in accordance with the procedures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-2

When the beneficiary registers his company and makes the declaration provided for inarticle R. 123-16 of the French Commercial Code, the single body referred to in article R. 123-1 of the same code wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-6

From the start of the economic activity, within the meaning of article L. 127-4 of the French Commercial Code, and until the end of the support contract, the exemption provided for in 7° of article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-1

As soon as the support contract for the business project provided for in article L. 5142-1 has been concluded, the legal entity responsible for the support informs the Union de recouvrement des cotisa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-3

For the purposes ofArticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code, and notwithstanding the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article R. 242-1 of this code, the income corresponding to the receipts (e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-5

Agreements having the effect of conferring a proprietary value on the human body, its elements or its products are void.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-4

No one may harm the integrity of the human species.Any eugenic practice tending to organise the selection of persons is prohibited.Any intervention whose purpose is to bring about the birth of a child…

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