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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-4

I. - The days mentioned in 2° of Article R. 6152-807-2 are maintained on the time savings account subject to the cumulative conditions listed in 1° and 2° below: 1° The annual increase in the number o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R632-1-1-A

…ment on the European Economic Area any information that is essential, within the meaning of Article R. 613-1 B, for the performance of tasks similar to those mentioned in Articles R. 511-3-1, R. 532-8…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

…mary data on the financial situation of the Corsican local authority, provided for in 1° of Article L. 4425-18, include the following ratios: 1° Real operating expenditure / population; > 2° Actual op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-3

…n only if there are reasonable grounds for doing so based solely on the criteria set out in Article R. 532-8-1, or if the information provided by the proposed acquirer pursuant to Article R. 532-8-2 i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-30

…the latter assisted, if necessary, by his lawyer and, if necessary, in the presence of an interpreter. The Investigating Chamber may, by a decision which is not subject to appeal, authorise the issuin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the ethics officer for local elected representatives

Article R1111-1-A

The ethics officer referred to in article L. 1111-1-1 is appointed by the deliberative body of the territorial authority, grouping of territorial authorities or mixed syndicate referred to in Article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-20

For the application of the third paragraph of II of article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, a creditor's objection to the merger or dem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-7-1-A

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 631-7, the chairman shall have the court clerk summon the debtor, the judicial representatives and the auditors to the hearing and shall notif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-8

The vote is open to the employees mentioned in article L. 2122-10-2, registered on the electoral list provided for in article L. 2122-10-4, with the exception of those in the branches mentioned in art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-30

…their destruction. Destruction is carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 1335-11 of the Public Health Code. However, subject to public health constraints and where these…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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