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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-5

The syndicate committee may be dissolved at any time by order of the State representative in the department. The State representative in the department may suspend or dismiss the chairman of the commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-20

He is the chief authorising officer for expenditure and revenue. He may designate secondary authorising officers who may, with his agreement, delegate their signature.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D7124-44

When not deputised, a member of the Customary Grand Council may give a mandate to another member. No person may hold more than one mandate.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…viduals. 13° Personal data: personal data as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

…T" (seconded ICT employee or mobile ICT employee), as provided for in articles L. 421-26 and L. 421-27; 8° A multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT (famille)" or "salarié…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…contribution provided for in article 6 quater of the aforementioned law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983;27° The withholding tax provided for in 1° of 2 of article 204 A of the general tax code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61

The judicial police officer may forbid any person to leave the scene of the offence until the end of his operations. He may call and hear all persons likely to provide information on the facts or on t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17

…521-16, the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation right may, at his request or at the request of the customs administration, inspect the goods detained. Whe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 618

The usufruct may also cease through the abuse that the usufructuary makes of his enjoyment, either by committing damage to the land, or by allowing it to decay for lack of maintenance. The creditors o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-30

…he end of the assignment provided for in the secondment contract or set out in an amendment thereto may be brought forward or postponed at the rate of one day for every five days worked. For assignmen…

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