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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-7

…rtant diverses mesures de simplification de l'action publique localeL. 2123-1-1 to L. 2123-2the law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5 and L. 2123-6 to L. 2123-8 the law no. 2002-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29-1

…ired conditions of good character and good repute, in particular in view of the entries in bulletin no. 2 of their criminal record or in the automated processing of personal data mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-1

…health and hygiene services which, on the date of entry into force of section 4 of title II of law no. 83-663 of 22nd July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7th January 1983 relating to the division…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-4

I.-Each competent authority shall ensure that the persons reporting to it and mentioned in Articles L. 1451-1 and L. 1452-3 comply with the obligations to declare links of interest and to prevent conf…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

…ove eight people;2° Meets the health and equipment conditions set out in articles 2 and 3 of decree no. 2002-120 of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for the appl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-5

If the foreign national is already residing in France, his application must be submitted within the following time limits: 1° A foreign national who holds a residence document referred to in 2° to 8°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article A311-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 311-5, the supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide how often the preventive recovery plan is to be updated, which ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1881-1

…r in II.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSIN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTENTitle IID. 1621-1Resulting from decree no. 2003-592 of 2 July 2003D. 1621-2Resulting from decree no. 2010-102 of 27 January 2010D. 1621-3Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R753-9

…cable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 2023R. 313-10n° 2021-1887 of 29 Dece…

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