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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40

…unes, either at the request of their municipal councils or on the initiative of the community council. The modification is subject in the first case to the agreement of the community council and in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-40

For companies with fewer than eleven employees, the BTP Prévoyance fund collects the contribution earmarked for the Comité de Concertation et de Coordination de l'Apprentissage du Bâtiment et des Trav…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40

…he agreement must inform the Board as soon as he/she becomes aware of an agreement to which article L. 225-38 is applicable. It may not take part in the deliberations or vote on the authorisation requ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of budgets and accounts

Article L2573-40

I. - The articles L. 2313-1 to L. 2313-2 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 2313-1:1° 8° is delete…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-40

The city council or the Paris council shall each year, pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 2511-36-1, L. 2511-39 and L. 2511-39-1 the procedures for distributing the sums intended for the alloca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-1

When he considers that the facts brought to his attention pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 constitute an offence committed by a person whose identity and domicile are known and for whom no leg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

…course to an employee of a temporary employment undertaking in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-7, L. 1251-10, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-12-1, L. 1251-30 and L. 1251-35-1, and of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Facilities for top-level athletes

Article L6222-40

The following changes have been made for top-level athletes: 1° Articles L. 6222-7 to L. 6222-10, relating to the duration of the contract; 2° And the second paragraph of article L. 6222-24, relating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…ansferred to a retirement savings plan mentioned in this chapter: 1° A contract mentioned inarticle L. 144-1 of the French Insurance Code, the purpose of which is to acquire and enjoy personal lifetim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-40

…Revision amendments are subject to the conditions for the validity of agreements set out in Article L. 7343-29. The amendment revising all or part of an agreement automatically replaces the stipulatio…

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