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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-21

…ection until the election of a new Executive Council under the conditions laid down in Article L. 4422-4.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-20

…riod of one month. If only one seat is vacant, the election takes place according to the procedures and under the quorum conditions provided for the election of the president of the Assembly of Corsic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Relations with the partner health care organisation

Article R6323-29

…assessment of the risk level of the pregnancy with regard to the criteria mentioned in article R. 6323-27 ; 2° The conditions for transferring women and their newborns at any time during childbirth an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-8-2

The sharing agreement referred to in article L. 23-11-2 of the French Commercial Code may jointly adopt the different methods for distributing the unilateral employer contribution provided for in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-22

The Labour Inspector will give the employee the opportunity to submit written observations and, at his request, oral observations. On this occasion, the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-20

The opinion issued by the Social and Economic Committee as part of the consultation carried out in application of article L. 2421-3 is expressed by secret ballot after hearing the interested party.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-21

…uthorisation to terminate the employment contract of a member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or of a local representative by individual or collective agreement is sent to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-28

A creditor who grants credit without carrying out the creditworthiness study referred to in article L. 313-16 may be deprived of the right to interest, in full or in the proportion set by the judge.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-27

…ge, up to an amount that may not exceed, for each of the breaches listed below, 30% of the interest and capped at 30,000 euros: 1° Without having provided the borrower with adequate explanations enabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-2

Renunciation has no effect if the renouncing party's reserve estate has not been affected. If the hereditary reserve has only been partially infringed, the renunciation only produces effects up to the…

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