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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-42

The bearer must give notice of non-acceptance or non-payment to his endorser within four working days following the day of the protest or the day of presentation in the case of a no-cost return clause…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article L5211-45

…5212-29, L. 5212-29-1 and L. 5212-30, from a community of communes in application of article L. 5214-26, or an agglomeration community in application of article L. 5216-11 is made up of half of the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-4

For communes and their public administrative establishments, the chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 opened in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biomedical and public health research committee

Article R6142-43

…hospital and university centre within the framework of the agreements provided for in article L. 6142-5, appointed by the director general of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4 (art. A212-49)

…in local diagnosisOI 113 CE Place their actions within the framework of local public policies OI 114 CE Take into account the social, educational and cultural realities of the public concerned OI 115…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-4

…or combination of genotypes of the initial variety. V.-Subject to the provisions of Article L. 623-24-1, the production, offering, sale, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use and or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5711-4

…its dissolution. The members of the dissolved syndicat mixte automatically become members of the remaining syndicat mixte. Unless there is a statutory provision to the contrary, they are allocated th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-4

I.- Pools are supplied with new and recycled water. New water is supplied by non-recycled water that complies with the provisions of II and III. Recycled water is supplied by treated water from the po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-44

…withdrawal of the transferor.When selecting a winner of the competition provided for in Article R. 742-6-1, the transferor appoints the highest-ranked candidate from among the candidates from the same…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-43

…in particular, showing the resulting commitments for the public health institution: a) The entity's main links with the public health institution and the nature of the control or significant influence…

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