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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-34

Unless there is a significant change in the items mentioned in 1° to 4° of article L. 145-33, the rate of change in the rent applicable when the lease to be renewed takes effect, if its term does not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 381-2

…ental child welfare service to be abandoned if the child is in the situation referred to in Article 381-1 during the year preceding the submission of the application for a judicial declaration of pare…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…olving the endangerment of minors punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-38

…ght into service, and revised every ten years. For networks commissioned between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2019, the master plan referred to in this II shall be drawn up before 31 December 2021.I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-3

…rticles L. 622-21 and L. 622-22, by the first sentence of article L. 622-28 and by l'article L. 622-30. The official receiver may authorise the liquidator or the administrator where one has been appoi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-3

The syndicate committee comprises the mayor of the commune and elected members, the number of whom, which may be 4, 6, 8 or 10, is set by the order of the State representative in the department conven…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-33

The union is dissolved:a) Either automatically on expiry of the term set by the decision establishing it or on completion of the operation it was intended to carry out or when it no longer has more th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: LOCAL AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS

Article LO6223-3

…omic, social, cultural and environmental nature; 2° On draft and proposed deliberations setting the main guidelines for the island's economic, social, cultural and environmental development, including…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article A37-32

…nd side, the following entries:1° Date of dispatch of the notice;2° Reference number of the notice ;3° The date, time, location of the offence (motorway or road structure, direction, toll plaza or dev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-35

Disputes arising from the application of articles L. 145-34 and L. 145-38 as well as those relating to service charges and works may be submitted to a departmental conciliation commission made up of l…

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