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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-4

Only bodies which have been accredited by the national accreditation body, or the national accreditation body of another Member State of the European Union which is a member of the European co-operati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Resignations

Article L2121-4

Resignations by members of the town council are addressed to the mayor. The resignation is final as soon as it is received by the mayor, who immediately informs the State representative in the departm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-40

…esentative of the State in the department the information necessary for the exercise of the municipality's attributions. At his request, the representative of the State in the department receives from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-41

…epresentative presents the State's action in terms of security and crime prevention for the municipality concerned to the town council once a year..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2143-4

In communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the municipal council may, at the request of the inhabitants, set up an advisory council for each town, hamlet or group of hamlets. The municipal council…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4

…easoned order, prohibit access to certain roads or parts of roads or certain sectors of the municipality to vehicles whose traffic on these roads or in these sectors is likely to compromise either pub…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-4

Acts taken by communal authorities on behalf of the State and acts governed by private law are not subject to the provisions of this chapter and remain governed by their own provisions..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2132-4

Any party who has obtained a conviction against the municipality shall not be liable for any charges or contributions imposed for the payment of costs and damages resulting from the proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-4

Deliberations or decisions of municipal councils or competent local authorities involving increases in the expenditure of public industrial or commercial services operated by a public authority, lease…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L2223-4

An order of the mayor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied. The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains i…

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