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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-20

The granting of the approval provided for in article L. 212-19 is subject to the approval by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the programming commitments mentione…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Takeover bids and public exchange offers

Article L433-2

…d to fail and the restrictions on the transfer of shares and voting rights are governed by Articles L. 233-32 to L. 233-40 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-72

…yees, by any means, of its annual accounts or, where applicable, the documents mentioned in article L. 2315-65, together with the report mentioned in article L. 2315-69.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3131-1

…minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours, except in the cases provided for in articles L. 3131-2 and L. 3131-3 or in emergencies, under conditions determined by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 15: General provisions.

Article L511-81

…n to run. No legal or judicial day of grace is allowed except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-38 and L. 511-50.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-11

…les and the resolutory action may only be exercised within the limits of the provisions of articles L. 624-12 to L. 624-18 of this code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article L614-4

The list of information mentioned in article L. 614-1 and the annual report referred to in article L. 613-1 are made available to the public and communicated by the ombudsman, in accordance with the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-9

The provisions of articles L. 2121-4 and L. 2121-5 are applicable to arrondissement councillors.In the event of the resignation of an arrondissement councillor, the arrondissement mayor shall inform t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-1

…rovisions of Book VI of Part One and those of Book III of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 2333-64 to L. 2333-75, are applicable to the municipalities of the Ile-de-France region subject t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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