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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-34-1

…er the general renewal of the municipal councils, the representative of the State in the department and the public prosecutor(s) with territorial jurisdiction receive the mayors of the department in o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and registration requirements

Article L519-3-2

…c money institutions that provide payment services, payment institutions, intermediaries in banking and payment services, intermediaries in participative financing, providers of participative financin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-3

The initial duration of the mediation may not exceed three months from the date on which the advance on the mediator's fees is paid to the mediator. This assignment may be renewed once, for the same d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

…publisher is required to report to the author on the calculation of his remuneration in an explicit and transparent manner.To this end, the publisher shall send the author, or make available to the au…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-3

…ilable to its members or to departmental employees when this is justified by the exercise of their mandates or duties.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the names of the e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-19-3

…cle available to its members or to regional staff where this is justified by the exercise of their mandates or duties.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the names of the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-3

…7, respectively made by individual entrepreneurs with limited liability to the register of commerce and companies, the register of commercial agents and the register of entrepreneurs with limited liab…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-3

…ficate issued by the person competent to draw up this act. The certificate shall state the surnames and forenames of the future spouses, their place of residence, the date of the act of designation an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article R2123-11-3

The end-of-mandate differential allowance is personal.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to transfers of portfolios of insurance contracts

Article R311-13

When the resolution college issues a call for tenders under the measures provided for in Article L. 311-31, II of Article L. 311-42 and II of Article L. 311-48 with a view to transferring a portfolio…

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