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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising.

Article L511-57

…month from the date of the protest or the drawing up of the certificate of non-payment of the postal cheque and for a period of one year from the same date, any claimant may be issued, at his own exp…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-5

For the application of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Interests specific to certain categories of residents

Article L2573-58

I. - Articles L. 2411-1 to L. 2411-3 and L. 2411-4 to L. 2411-19 and articles L. 2412-1 and L. 2412-2 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R2123-22-1-C

Municipal council members who wish to benefit from training under their individual right to training send a request to the manager of the fund for financing and managing the individual right to traini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski lift equipment.

Article L2333-53

The annual proceeds of the municipal tax are allocated, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2333-52 : 1° A des interventions favorisant le développement agricole et forestie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-56

Any employee may enter into an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours per week or per month. An individual agreement for a fixed number of hours over the year may be concluded, within the li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-57

The remuneration of an employee who has concluded an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours is at least equal to the minimum remuneration applicable in the company for the number of hours co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L3123-9-2

On the occasion of the general renewal of the departmental council, any departmental council president or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to carry out his or her mandate, had…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L4135-9-2

On the occasion of the general renewal of the members of the regional council, any president of the regional council or any vice-president delegated by the latter who, in order to carry out his mandat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Procedure.

Article L145-58

The owner may, until the expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date on which the decision has become final, avoid payment of the compensation, on condition that he bears the costs of the proceed…

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