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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 1453-6, it is prohibited for the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6 and for feed business operators approve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-1

I.-As regards asset and liability management, insurance and reinsurance undertakings regularly assess the sensitivity of their prudential technical provisions and own funds to the assumptions underlyi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

I. - Once the order has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-15-1

The declaration mentioned in I of article L. 1262-2-1 is appended to the single personnel register of the company hosting the seconded employees.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-18-1

Municipal council members may be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses incurred to attend meetings of bodies or organisations where they represent their municipality in an official capacity,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

I. - The municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-12-1

Members of the town council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which can be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount of w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-10-1

…who have entered into an agreement with the author of a takeover bid with a view to obtaining control of the company that is the subject of the bid are deemed to be acting in concert. Persons who have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice.

Article L743-12-1

A natural person holding a commercial court registry may not employ more than two salaried commercial court registrars. A legal entity holding a commercial court registry may not employ a number of sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-10-1

The members of the departmental council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual…

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