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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-20

The Territorial Council may delegate some of its powers to the Executive Council, with the exception of those relating to: a) The budget; b) The local referendum and consultation of voters; c) The act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-20

The Territorial Council may delegate some of its powers to the Executive Council, with the exception of those relating to: a) The budget; b) The local referendum and consultation of voters; c) The act…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-49

…o required: 1° For the payment of pre-production production aid and production aid for genre films; 2° For the admission of cinematographic works produced as part of international co-productions to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-21

…ster for Employment, for approval, the draft distribution of contributions for the current year, by 31 March each year at the latest. It shall also send him the report on the use of contributions for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-23-1

…s period is interrupted, where applicable, by the opposition application provided for in Article L. 712-4 until the decision ruling on the latter or by the notification provided for in Article R. 712-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-20

Where the contracting authority intends to conclude the negotiations, it shall inform the remaining tenderers and set a common deadline for the submission of any new or revised tenders.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-20

…Board of Directors or the Management Board and of the Statutory Auditor provided for in Article R. 228-18. This information is included in the Articles of Association. The statutory auditor shall giv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article D214-206-1

…ract from the articles of association of the société de libre partenariat referred to in article L. 214-162-6 is filed in the appendix to the register of companies. It is signed by the general partner…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conflict of laws relating to parentage

Article 311-15

However, if the child and his father and mother or one of them have their habitual residence in France, whether common or separate, possession of status produces all the consequences that flow from it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Openings, mutations and transfers

Article R3335-15

…fet de police or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Préfet de police des Bouches-du-Rhône may determine by decree, in certain communes and without prejudice to acquired rights, the distances…

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