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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-1

The powers of the social and economic committee in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees are defined in section 2 of this chapter. The responsibilities of the social and economic committee in u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

Fiscal revenue in the operating section comprises:a) Proceeds from taxes and duties whose basis of assessment is established and collection takes place in the forms provided for by the General Tax Cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-1-1

Without prejudice to article L. 2213-1, the mayor may, by reasoned decree, set for all or part of the roads in the built-up area open to public traffic a maximum authorised speed lower than that laid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-1

I.-The undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific solidarity allowance.

Article L5423-1

Unemployed workers who have exhausted their entitlement to insurance benefit, who do not qualify for the self-employed workers' benefit provided for in article L. 5424-25 and who satisfy the condition…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-10

An insured who, for non-professional purposes, takes out an insurance contract which complements a good or service sold by a supplier may cancel this contract, without charge or penalty, as long as it…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-1

Insurance may be taken out under a general or special mandate, or even without a mandate, on behalf of a specific person. In the latter case, the insurance benefits the person on whose behalf it was t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-11

…or service is offered in addition to an insurance contract as part of a package, the distributor shall provide, before the contract is concluded, an appropriate description of the various elements of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title II : DELIVERY TO THE AUTHORITIES OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Article L623-1

The provisions of articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13 are applicable to challenges to the surrender decision and any accompanying ban on movement on French territory when the foreign national who is the su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-17-1

The public waste prevention and management service is subject to cost accounting.The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents, respectively, to the mu…

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