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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-21

…stablishments for inter-municipal cooperation located in mountain areas provided for in article L. 5211-44-1 is ensured according to the following procedures:1° For the application of 1° of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-23

Any loan granted by a credit institution, an AIF covered by paragraph 2 of sub-section 3 or sub-section 5 of Section II of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II, or by a finance company to a legal entity g…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-25

…xecutive Officers, as well as any other person or member of a body exercising equivalent functions; 2° Persons who effectively manage the company within the meaning of Article L. 532-2(4) and who are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-23

…tutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements and the supervisory board's report;2° The proposed appropriation of income submitted to the meeting and the appropriation resolution pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-26

…II. - A UCITS may not hold more than :1° 10% of the non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;2° 10% of the debt securities of any one issuer ;3° 25% of the units or shares of any single underta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in materials vigilance.

Article R5212-22

…santé: a) Any report of an incident or risk of incident made to them in application of Article R. 5212-14; b) On a quarterly basis, any report of an incident or malfunction made to them in applicatio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…e grounds for persecution, within the meaning of Section A of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, shall be assessed under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-2

…lities, they carry out the following tasks: 1° Prevention and assessment of civil protection risks; 2° Preparation of protective measures and organisation of emergency resources; 3° Protection of peop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-2

…orised to perform the duties of civil registrars to draw up the acts mentioned in articles 98 to 98-2 may proceed with the administrative rectification of purely material errors and omissions vitiatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-2

…e and regulatory provisions relating to gamete donation, in particular the provisions of article L. 2143-2 relating to access by persons conceived by medically assisted procreation with a third party…

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