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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

I.-In order to provide them with the appropriate means to implement the provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part and to contribute to the democratisation of local mandates, small r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76-1

A public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or a mixed syndicate with responsibility for waste treatment within the meaning of this code may define contractual clauses with its member local…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: Recourse to arbitration

Article L2236-1

The parties may have recourse to arbitration for the settlement of disputes relating to the performance of the partnership contracts, with French law applying.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-18

Where the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of members of the Management Board referred to in Article L. 225-58 may be increased to seven by the articles of as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-5

The provisions of article L. 225-23, relating to the election of employee shareholders to the board of directors, are applicable to companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-63

As an exception to the first paragraph of Article L. 225-51-1, the first paragraph of Article L. 225-53 and the third paragraph of Article L. 225-59 of the Commercial Code, the functions of Managing D…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or procuring, or who are involved in a programme to help them leave prostitution

Article L425-1

A foreign national who lodges a complaint against a person whom he or she accuses of having committed acts against him or her constituting the offences of trafficking in human beings or procuring, as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-3

After obtaining the opinion of the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières, and subject to the powers exercised by the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L763-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to investor protection

Article L762-13

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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