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

Article L5211-40-2

Municipal councillors of member municipalities of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment who are not members of its deliberative body are informed of the affairs of the establishment that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-52

Participating securities issued to subscribers contain the following information: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The form of the issuing company; 3° The amount of…

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

Article LO6473-1

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the vote on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

The Board of Directors deliberates under the conditions laid down in article R. 2135-15, in particular with a view to: 1° Adopting the internal regulations of the joint management association or any s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-24

The application referred to in Article L. 1142-24-10 shall be lodged with the Office against a receipt or sent to the Office by any means capable of proving the date on which it was sent. It is accomp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-30

When a medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and appearing on a list established by order of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-27

The minimum repayment of the capital borrowed at each instalment provided for in article

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to certain uses of works of visual art in the context of research and higher education activities

Article L139-1

Under the conditions provided for in articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-6, the contract by which an approved collective management organisation authorises the reproduction and representation of the works…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-1

I.-When the issuing company or the third party appointed by it believes that certain holders whose identity has been disclosed to them are acting on behalf of third parties who own the securities, the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

A creditor who grants credit may be deprived of the right to interest in the proportion set by the judge, up to an amount that may not exceed, for each of the breaches listed below, 30% of the interes…

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