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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L4134-1

The Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council is a consultative body reporting to the Regional Council and the President of the Regional Council.Its remit is to inform the Regional Council o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue.

Article L4414-1

The Ile-de-France region does not benefit from the provisions of 1° of a of article L. 4331-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-1

…fined by decree, of the total amount of annual instalments that may be guaranteed or bonded in application of the previous paragraph.The percentage guaranteed by one or more local authorities on a sin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public facilities.

Article L4413-1

For public facilities of direct regional interest, carried out with the agreement of and on behalf of local authorities, their groupings or other public establishments, the Ile-de-France region may ac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-14

…r, it shall contain the surname, forenames and home address of the person concerned and, where applicable, an e-mail address at which that person agrees to receive information relating to the proceedi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-15

In the context of the implementation of the individual procedure for compensation for damage, when the interested party addresses the claim for compensation directly to the person declared liable, he/…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-17

…he action by virtue of the interested party's membership of the group shall constitute authority to carry out on behalf of the latter all procedural acts and steps with a view to obtaining compensatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judgment on liability

Article 849-13

…ollective procedure for the liquidation of loss or damage, to the claimant in the action; 4° An indication that the claim for compensation sent to the plaintiff in the action confers on him a mandate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-16

Persons likely to belong to the group who have not joined it within the period provided for in the judgment ruling on liability and under the conditions provided for in Article 849-13 are no longer en…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judgment on liability

Article 849-11

…67 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 aforementioned and, failing this, on expiry of which they will be carried out by the plaintiff in the action at the defendant's expense.

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