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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-7

I. - The sums referred to in article L. 221-5 are centralised by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in a fund managed by it and known as the savings fund.II. - Caisse des dépôts et consignations,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-180

I.-Options may be granted, under the same conditions as in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 above: 1° Either for the benefit of members of the salaried personnel of companies or economic interest gro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-6

…to donation without complying with the health safety rules required under the provisions of article L. 1211-6 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 eu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

…ired by the borough mayor. The arrondissement mayor is elected from within the arrondissement council. The offices of mayor of the municipality or of mayor of Paris and of arrondissement mayor are inc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…s successors in title.In the case provided for in the previous paragraph, the provisions of article L. 131-1.The general performance contract with an on-demand audiovisual media service within the mea…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-4

…of activity concerned, use phonograms under the conditions provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 214-1. The organisations called upon to appoint the members of the commission and the number of p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-31

The AIFM referred to in Article L. 532-30 shall comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to portfolio management companies, with the exception of Subsection 2 of Section 5 of C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…he number of voters. The rules governing the validity of the agreement are those set out in article L. 2232-12. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same article are assessed at the level of the ele…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The Metropolitan Conference of Mayors

Article L5218-9

…e-Provence metropolis. Its opinion is communicated to the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolitan Council.The metropolitan conference of mayors is convened by the president of the Aix-Marseille-Provence M…

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

Article LO6262-10

…ative of the State, is substituted for the administrative account for the implementation of Article L. 1424-35 and for the settlement of allocations under the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund.

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