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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Designation.

Article L3122-1

The departmental council elects its chairman at the meeting held automatically following each general renewal. For this election, it is chaired by its oldest member, with the youngest member acting as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-3

In areas of State competence, the authorities of the Republic may empower the President of the General Council of the Overseas Departments to negotiate and sign agreements with one or more States or t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Commercial Court.

Article 853

The parties shall, unless otherwise provided, be required to constitute a lawyer before the Commercial Court. The constitution of the lawyer entails election of domicile. The parties are exempt from t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 964

They have jurisdiction to rule that the appeal is inadmissible pursuant to Article 963 :the First President;the President of the Chamber to which the case is distributed;the Conseiller de la mise en é…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-12

The file may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the minor capable of discernment, the parents or their lawyers, if they are assisted or represented, until a decision is made on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 788

The convicted person must, except in the case of prescription, justify payment of the fine and damages or the remission made to him. Failing this justification, he must establish that he has undergone…

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

Article L613-50-8

The collège de résolution and the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution may recover sums corresponding to the amount of any justified expenses incurred in implementing one or more resolution m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-3

Where, when offering or concluding a life insurance or capitalisation contract, the insurer provides a prospective policyholder or a prospective member with figures relating to the amount of possible…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-15

For the purposes of Article A. 132-11, the profit-sharing account includes an item entitled "Ceded reinsurance balance". Only risk reinsurance is taken into account, i.e. reinsurance in which the rein…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

The emploi d'avenir is concluded in the form of a contrat d'accompagnement dans l'emploi (employment support contract) governed by section 2 of this chapter or a contrat initiative-emploi (employment…

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