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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22

…g to the population weighted by the difference between the commune's per capita financial potential and the average per capita financial potential of communes belonging to the same demographic group a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-1

If one of the spouses seriously fails in his or her duties and thereby jeopardises the interests of the family, the family affairs judge may prescribe any urgent measures required by those interests.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-3

Are voidable, at the request of the requesting spouse, all acts performed in violation of the ordinance, if they were performed with a third party in bad faith, or even in the case of property the ali…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220-2

…isposal of tangible movables, or their removal, it is served by the applicant on his or her spouse, and has the effect of making the latter responsible for the movables under the same conditions as a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 225-1

Each of the spouses may bear, as a matter of usage, the name of the other spouse, by substitution or addition to his or her own name in the order he or she chooses, within the limit of one surname for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-22

If the child remains hospitalised until the end of the sixth week following the birth, the employee may postpone all or part of the leave to which she is still entitled until the date on which the hos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-22

The sentence enforcement judge is competent to rule on requests for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions. If the judge deems it necessary to hear the sentenced person, Art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-22

…the tasks of a professional trade union within the meaning of Book I of Part Two of the Labour Code and is not representative in this respect, whatever form it takes, whether federal or integrated.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-22

Each candidate gives a mandate to be presented by the organisation presenting him/her. They declare on their honour that they are not subject to any prohibition, disqualification or incapacity relatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-22

I.-"Identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos" means the task of : 1° Searching for the presence of List C materials and products; 2° Searching for the presence of any other…

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