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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7125-12-1

…hree years. It is financed by a compulsory contribution, the rate of which may not be less than 1%, deducted from the functional allowances received by councillors at the Assembly of French Guyana und…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte

Article L1446-2

…yotte, the following articles are adapted as follows:1° In the first sentence of g of 2° of Article L. 1431-2, after the word "maladie", the following words are inserted: ", avec la caisse de sécurité…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…l penalty:1° Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 or by any holder of the authorisation provided for in article L. 4211-6 to comply with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management

Article L6333-6

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations manages the resources mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6333-1 and in article L. 6333-2 within a dedicated fund for which it ensures the administrat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-2

Parrogation à l'article L. 412-1 l'étranger est exempté de la production du visa de long séjour mentionné au même article pour la première délivrance des cartes de séjour suivantes: 1° The temporary r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article L356-15

…of this Chapter; 2° In the case of group supervision referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the participating insurance or reinsurance undertaking shall ensure that the group always…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-5

As stated in article L. 752-28 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code), people who have the option of taking out supplementary insurance against accidents in privat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article L422-7

…vied when ski lifts are operated by a public inter-municipal cooperation body are set out inarticle L. 5211-22 of the French General Local Authorities Code (Code général des collectivités territoriale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3

…responsible for the pricing of these establishments for the purposes of their audit. They are forwarded to the regional health agency under conditions set by regulation. All other accounting documents…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-24

…n which received, in place of the communes making up the public establishment, the allocations provided for in article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n° 93-1436 du 31…

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