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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-2

The administration's action for the sanction of a breach punishable by an administrative fine exceeding €3,000 for a natural person or €15,000 for a legal person shall lapse after three years have ela…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contract content

Article L2312-2

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 2112-3, the life cycle of equipment is understood to mean all the successive states it may undergo, including research and development, industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-22

The European Company Committee and its officers may be assisted by experts of their choice at any level they deem appropriate, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of their tasks. The cost…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-27

The special allocation for housing teachers provided for in article L. 2334-26 is divided into two parts:- the first part is paid to the communes to compensate for the expenses relating to the accommo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue or renew residence permits

Article L432-2

The renewal of a temporary or multi-annual residence permit may, by a reasoned decision, be refused to a foreign national who ceases to fulfil one of the conditions required for the issue of this perm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Rights of foreign nationals in waiting zones

Article L343-2

When a foreign minor who is not accompanied by a legal representative is not authorised to enter France, the public prosecutor, notified immediately by the administrative authority, appoints an ad hoc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-2

The communes, départements and regions regulate the affairs of their jurisdiction by their deliberations.Under the conditions laid down by law, they have regulatory powers for the exercise of their ju…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition of regulated market and market undertaking

Article L421-2

A regulated market is managed by a market undertaking. This undertaking takes the form of a commercial company. Where the market undertaking manages a regulated market, its registered office and effec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Annual consultation on the company's strategic orientations

Article L2312-24

The Social and Economic Committee is consulted on the strategic orientations of the company, defined by the body responsible for the administration or supervision of the company, and on their conseque…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to reinstatement in employment or office.

Article L2422-2

The member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or the local representative or the member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee whose decis…

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