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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

…mong the representatives of the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan area. If the election is not won in the first two rounds of voting, a third round is held and the election takes place by a r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

…enting the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or, if there is no mayor on the Board of Directors, from among the representatives of the municipalities and public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-3

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to the provisions of article L. 511-44 and which are not included in the scope of consolidation defined in Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code to wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-2

…t propaganda or advertising in favour of alcoholic beverages, the manufacture and sale of which are not prohibited, are authorised exclusively: 1° In the written press, excluding publications aimed at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2

…épartement by the department or body designated for this purpose, and made available to the public. No person may practise the profession of chiropodist unless his diplomas, certificates, titles or au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is the consolidated resolution authority

Article L613-60-2

…rd may seek mediation from the European Banking Authority pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. A joint decision on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-1

…he was employed under an open-ended employment contract during the same period. This paragraph does not apply if the last offer made to the jobseeker does not comply with the criteria set out in the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…ublic distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in Article L. 5212-24, the communal share under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…5° The remuneration of local authority staff;6° Under the conditions set out in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L773-28

…ht-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 531-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 531-2, with the exception of c), n) and o) of its 2°.Ordinance no.…

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