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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-9

The Martinique Assembly may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-97

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may not hold more than 20% of the same category of financial instruments mentioned in 4°, 6° and 7° of the I of article L. 214-36 and in article R.…

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

Article D71-111-3

…dy costs, leading to the completion of a work or several works of the same nature. This transaction may also include capital grants paid;- to the "RSA" global expenditure and revenue chapters, one tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-9

…transfusion purposes covered by 1° of article L. 1221-8. For Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte and La Réunion and for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, an order from the ministers respon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Agency staff

Article L1432-9

…e is involved in the management of the staff mentioned in 1° and 2°. Persons employed by the Agency may not hold a direct or indirect interest in any legal entity under its jurisdiction.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and resources

Article R411-9

…ities, organisations, associations and foundations pursuing objectives in line with its mission. It may provide financial assistance to any of them, in particular to the State under the conditions lai…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-9

…tors are free of charge. However, if the Articles of Association so provide, the Board of Directors may decide to allocate, within the limits set by the General Meeting, compensation and benefits in r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-9

The benefit of the right of priority may only be granted if:1. Within a period of three months from the filing date of the application, the applicant submits to the person in charge of the missions un…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article R632-9

The expulsion decision may be revoked at any time by the authority that took it.The revocation of an expulsion decision taken, prior to the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997, by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 930-2

The provisions of Article 930-1 do not apply to the union defender. Proceedings carried out by the trade union defender may be drawn up on paper and delivered to the court registry or sent to him by r…

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