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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L4135-22

Members of the regional council may set up an annuity pension in the management of which the affiliated elected representatives must participate. The constitution of the annuity pension is half the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

Municipal councils may vote to increase their functional allowances in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-22

The provisions of Title III of Book I of this part relating to the legal regime for acts taken by communal authorities are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-22

I.-In order to be extended, the branch agreement concluded at national level must contain clauses relating to the determination of the rules for negotiation and conclusion, as provided for in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-22

I.-Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 1125-21 shall also be liable to the following penalties: 1° disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-22

Owners or operators of certain categories of built property located in areas with radon potential where exposure to radon is likely to be harmful to health must monitor this exposure. Above certain le…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-22

To be approved, the agreements mentioned in article L. 5422-20 must have been negotiated and concluded at national and cross-industry level between representative employers' and employees' organisatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

I. - When some of the communes of a syndicate of communes or a mixed syndicate form part of an urban community, through the creation of this community, through the merger of public establishments of i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-22

Where the division is to be carried out by contributions to new companies, each of the new companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company. In this case, and if…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-22

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, young people aged between eighteen and thirty may receive financial assistan…

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