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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-20

…nd inter-municipal public establishments.II. - They shall also apply, with the exception of article L. 1612-7 :- to departmental and interdepartmental public establishments;- to public establishments…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-34

…educted from the plan. These contributions are mentioned in the information provided for in article L. 224-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-26

…performance studies falling into one of the categories mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5126-7 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employee rights.

Article L8223-2

…der conditions defined by decree, the employee obtains from the control agents mentioned in article L. 8271-7 information relating to the completion by his employer of the pre-recruitment declaration…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…ity of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Article L. 711-2, the words: "or of one of the States listed in the first paragraph and of which he alone ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2224-7, L. 2224-7-1 and L. 2224-8 (I and II) law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 L. 2224-11 to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…application of the legislative provisions of Book III to the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I, with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-9

…le, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-36 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 5211-37 Order no. 2006-460 of 21 April 2006 L. 5211-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

…of Nurses, under the supervision of the National Council, carries out the duties defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level. It represents the profession in the department and acts as a concil…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-1

…itles I, II and III of this Book concern only terrestrial insurance. With the exception of articles L. 111-6, L. 112-2, L. 112-4, L. 112-7 and L. 113-4-1, they do not apply to insurance contracts gove…

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