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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Honorary office of departmental councillors

Article L3123-30

…ouncillors who have exercised their elective functions for at least eighteen years. Honorary status may only be refused or withdrawn by the State representative if the person concerned has been convic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Honorary status of former regional councillors

Article L4135-30

…cillors who have exercised their elective functions for at least fifteen years. Honorary membership may only be refused or withdrawn by the representative of the State if the person concerned has been…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-27

Withdrawal of authorisation may be ordered by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency where it has been established, through an inspection carried out pursuant to Article L. 6231-1, that th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L314-30

…or a period appropriate to their purpose. For pre-contractual and contractual documents this period may not be less than five years after the end of the contractual relationship. Where the lender inte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-30

The mayor must order the necessary measures to ensure the sanitation of communal ponds located in the interior of villages or in the vicinity of dwellings, whenever these ponds compromise public healt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-30

…the letter of notification shall indicate the time limit for appeal and the procedures by which it may be exercised. It shall include in an annex the names, capacities and addresses of the parties to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-30

The bearer of the separate warrant receipt may, even before maturity, pay the claim secured by the warrant. If the bearer of the warrant is not known or if, being known, he does not agree with the deb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-30

Any sworn commodity broker may lodge an appeal against the election of the members of the National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers with the Paris Court of Appeal within ten days of the announcement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement

Article L7227-30

…rtinique Assembly and members of the Executive Council other than those referred to in Article L. 7227-29 may set up an annuity pension scheme in the management of which the affiliated elected represe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-30

…he permanent secretariat. The Chairman of the Board of Governors and the Chairmen of the Committees may call on any person with expertise in the matters under discussion, in an advisory capacity. The…

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