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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

…ome under the new commune in its own conditions of status and employment. Article L. 5111-7 is applicable.The new commune is substituted for the suppressed public inter-municipal cooperation establish…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1621-5

…viders who organise them. At least once a year, the manager of the dematerialised service informs local elected representatives with such an account, via the information system for the personal traini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-5

…3112-1 and L. 3112-2 concerning the boundaries of the départements, decisions relating to the modification of the territorial boundaries of the communes and the fixing or transfer of chief towns resul…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-5

…quest of a party or on the conciliator's initiative. He may also terminate the conciliation automatically if it appears that the conciliation is being compromised. The court clerk notifies the concili…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

…onstitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel. If the question is not referred for this reason, the court…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-5

The decision ruling on the request for a hearing made by the minor is not subject to appeal. The decision ruling on the parties' request for a hearing is subject to the provisions of Articles 150 and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-5

The refusal decision may be appealed to the Court of Cassation within fifteen days of its pronouncement. The appeal shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the procedure without co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 514-3, provisional enforcement by operation of law may only be set aside by the decision in question.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-3

…nnulment or reversal and enforcement is likely to entail manifestly excessive consequences. An application by a party who appeared at first instance without commenting on provisional enforcement is ad…

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