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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6352-15

The President of the Territorial Council or his/her representative may be entrusted by the authorities of the Republic to represent them in regional bodies located in the Caribbean area, including reg…

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

Article 2-15

A duly registered association whose statutory purpose is to defend the victims of an accident occurring in public transport or in a place or premises open to the public or in private property for resi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

During the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order by reasoned decision the seizure, at t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-15

Research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation may only be performed if the conditions for access to and performance of medically assisted procreation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-154

The notice provided for in Article R. 225-153 shall state the name and form of the company, the address of the registered office, the amount of the share capital, the number of shares being considered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: THE LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE EVALUATION OF STANDARDS

Article R1211-15

The elections of the members of the Local Finance Committee may be challenged before the Conseil d'Etat by any voter, by the candidates and by the Minister of the Interior, within ten days of the publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-152

…stice and inform the President of the National Council of Registrars so that any appropriate action may be taken against the offender.The President of the Commercial Court shall be notified. He may ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-15

…rmed;4° The share or unit exchange ratio and, where applicable, the amount of the balancing payment due;5° The date of the draft and the date and place of its filing at the registry of the court withi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-15

…public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which include at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, and which have their own tax system, the summary data relating to the finan…

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