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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D71-113-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7124-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guyana and, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article D8121-12

…tion Council are not remunerated. Travel expenses are reimbursed in accordance with decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the terms and conditions for the payment of expenses incurred by the temp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 793

Within the period provided for in article 792, the heir may declare that he is retaining in kind one or more assets of the succession. In this case, he owes the value of the property set out in the in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

…within the branches or categories of contracts defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the insured may, after a period of one year from the date of first subscription, cancel tacitly renewable contra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-12

…obtained pursuant to article L. 131-86 shall be liable to the penalties provided for in article 226-21 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-11

…where applicable, to their counsel, to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2 and to their insurers, if any, who will then have a period of fifteen days in which to sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for setting up and running health centres

Article D6323-12

Each year, before 1 March, the managing bodies of the health centres send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the information referred to in Article L. 6323-1-13 relating to the previou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-11

…right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a copyright or related right. The hold…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-11

…es conducted on a joint basis by means of the contribution referred to in 1° of the I of article L. 2135-10 and, where applicable, voluntary contributions paid pursuant to 2° of the same I ;2° The par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-115

…rt of the process of registration on the roll, register the information provided for in article L. 4113-1 on the basis of the diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications presented…

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