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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-2

I. - Subject to articles L. 1511-3, L. 1511-7 and L. 1511-8, Title V of Book II of Part Two and Title III of Book II of Part Three, the Regional Council alone is competent to define aid schemes and to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

…onsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the compliance with articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 of the commercial guarantee it intends to implement. The purpose of this form…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-27

…ate of the European Union for the same reasons as those mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 421-26 may carry out an assignment in France for a period of ninety days or less, as part of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

…is of the General Tax Code, as well as the tax on commercial surfaces provided for in 6° of article L. 2331-3 of this code collected by the grouping and its member municipalities;3° The sum of the pos…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…ral Tax Code. The fund is supplied by two deductions made from the twelfths provided for in article L. 3332-1-1 of this code, in accordance with the procedures set out in II and III of this article. I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-2

…ses do not involve any right of way on the public domain; 4° Subject to the provisions of l'article L. 145-26 to leases of premises or buildings belonging to the State, local authorities and public es…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-2

…l is exercised jointly with other contracting authorities under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2511-3 ; 2° Or another legal entity controlled by the same contracting authority, provided that t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article L711-2

To satisfy the enforcement of a decision mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 700-1, the foreign national shall return to the country of which he is a national or any country, other than a Member Stat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training

Article L2145-2

…called upon to intervene on behalf of employees. In order to benefit from the provisions of article L. 2145-3, these bodies must have received approval from the Minister responsible for labour.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4142-2

…It is consulted by the Conseil national de l'ordre before setting the fees provided for in article L. 4122-2.The audit committee's report on the accounts of the councils and on the setting of fees is…

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