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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-5

The departmental fire brigade is made up of:1° Professional fire brigades;2° Volunteer fire brigades;3° Volunteers on fire brigade civic service..

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55

The Board of Directors comprises :1° Six representatives of the State:a) The Director of Sport and two other representatives of the Minister for Sport ;b) The regional academic delegates for youth, co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55

I. - Commitments which may be used for the internal replenishment of a person subject to a resolution procedure may be written down or converted into Tier 1 capital instruments in order to pursue one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-53

Self-employed sea fishing workers and sea fishing employers with fewer than eleven employees, as well as self-employed sea farming workers and sea farming employers with fewer than eleven employees af…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-5

For the application of Article D. 1432-15 to the Mayotte Regional Health Agency, I is worded as follows: I.-The Supervisory Board is made up of eighteen members. In addition to the Prefect of Mayotte,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available electronic communications services shall communicate, pursuant to 1° of Article L. 224-27-1, the following information: 1° For…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-3

The public interest grouping has legal personality from the date of publication in the Journal officiel de la République française of the approval order referred to in article D. 1115-2, accompanied b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-5

The Ordinary General Meeting of the company that directly or indirectly has majority control over the company awarding the free shares shall be informed in accordance with the conditions set out in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5-1

Before entering into a business relationship, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall collect information relating to the purpose and nature of the relationship and any other relevant inform…

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