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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-17

The third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 are entered by the High Council on the list referred to in II of Article L. 822-1. This list includes the information mentioned in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R3123-22

Department councillors with disabilities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 3123-19 and covered by the provisions of articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code (1) or who may cla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

State financial aid is calculated by applying a unit amount to the quantity of equipment sold, determined in such a way that it does not exceed what is necessary to cover the net costs incurred in pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-35

Until the expiry of the period for lodging an appeal or, where an appeal has been lodged, until all avenues of appeal have been exhausted, the media files, including copies of the source programmes an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6414-2

For their application in Mayotte, the following articles are adapted as follows: 1° In article R. 6145-4, the words: "Subject to the provisions of article L. 253-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

…me; 2° Registered in the assets of a venture capital company mentioned in l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985 portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier ou d'une…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L811-5

…tion measures provided for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 relative au redressement et à la liquidation judiciaires des entreprises…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…ubstituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, dans se…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-1

…following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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