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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-7

The training of persons preparing for the profession of midwife is provided in schools approved by the region and open to candidates of both sexes. The conditions governing the organisation and approv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-16

…it appears that the debtor has sufficient funds to pay off the creditors and the costs and debts relating to the proceedings, the court may terminate the proceedings. It shall rule at the request of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-7

Without prejudice to the jurisdiction granted to the juge-commissaire by Article L. 624-19, the court seised of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings opened in respect of an in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: MEASURES FOLLOWING CONTROLS

Article L522-6

The decision handed down by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may be published at the expense of the person penalised. The administrative authority shall in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-1

In the collectivities covered by article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, locally represe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-27

The special allocation for housing teachers provided for in article L. 2334-26 is divided into two parts:- the first part is paid to the communes to compensate for the expenses relating to the accommo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-30

When the amount of the communal allowance exceeds the unit amount of the special grant as set by the local finance committee, the commune pays the difference directly to the schoolteacher concerned. N…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-25

The State assets made available to the Corsican hydraulic equipment office mentioned in article L. 112-12 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are transferred to the assets of the Corsican territ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-27

The territorial authority's aid regime in favour of economic development, provided for in Title I of Book V of Part One, is determined by the territorial authority by deliberation of the Assembly of C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-12

Any modulation of the company's contribution can only result from the application of general rules, which may not, under any circumstances, have the effect of making the ratio between the company's pa…

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