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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-8

Prior to the vote on the first budget deliberation following its renewal, the Lyon Metropolitan Council draws up its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 68, the incidental request for the granting of an extension of payment pursuant to Article 1343-5 of the Civil Code may be made by application made, deli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

…of all or part of the advance that may have been awarded pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 68 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 susmentionnée. Substitution entails the transfer of the mandate giv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-81

When, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 221-26, the competent administrative authority intends to penalise an infringement of the rules laid down by this article by forfeiting the interes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-8

If a member of the National Council ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever before the expiry of his normal term of office, he shall be replaced within three months by the first non-elected ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-8

…ommittee in accordance with 1° of article R. 144-14, after consultation with the insurance company; 3° Electing and renewing the elected members of the Supervisory Committee and, where applicable, app…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Definitive prices

Article R2112-8

A definitive price may be firm or revisable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-8

…té de la concurrence shall enjoin under penalty, within the limit provided for in II of Article L. 464-2, the parties to notify the transaction, unless they revert to the pre-merger state. The procedu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 63

…in the event of dispensation from publication granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 169, the celebration of the marriage is subject:1° To the submission, for each of the future spouses,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-8

…one and the Prefect for the defence and security zone, for the exercise of their respective powers; 3° The procedures by which the Prefect of the Defence and Security Zone requests the intervention of…

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