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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3

Article L. 443-1 is amended as follows:1° The last paragraph of I is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising carried out under conditions that do not comply with the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-19

…od of professional practice provided for in the previous paragraph must have been acquired over the last ten years.The programme and terms of the aptitude examination are set by order of the Minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
PART SIX: OVERSEAS COLLECTIVITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 74 OF THE CONSTITUTION

Article L6500

…h Polynesia that the State is supporting following the cessation of nuclear testing pursuant to the last paragraph of article 6-1 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous stat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7311-2

…constitutionally guaranteed right are at stake.II. - The request for authorisation lapses:1° On the last day of the month preceding that of the renewal of the assembly;2° On the day of the dissolution…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-144

…first names and age of the candidates, their professional references and their activities over the last five years;2° The positions or functions held in the company by the candidates and the number o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Drawing up agreements with third parties

Article R1261-23

…ses the relationship between this entity and the institution. In the situations provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 1261-11, it lays down the terms and conditions for access to the body r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-6

…t of service providers who have requested reimbursement of personalised support vouchers during the last period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-11

…erson is detained, it may be declared to the head of the prison under the conditions set out in the last two paragraphs of article 148-7. Where the application falls within the jurisdiction of the sen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-10

…ompany, the salary used as a basis for the proportional distribution is the salary mentioned in the last paragraph of article D. 3324-1 . For the beneficiaries mentioned in the second paragraph of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-1

…he application of the provisions of the second and fifth paragraphs of article L. 1435-1 and of the last paragraph of article L. 1435-7, and of article 13 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004, the…

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