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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1472

In the event of insufficiency of the community, the levies of each spouse are proportional to the amount of the rewards due to him or her. However, if the insufficiency of the community is attributabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1476

The partition of the community, in all that concerns its forms, the maintenance of indivision and preferential allocation, the licitation of property, the effects of the partition, the guarantee and t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1477

Any spouse who has embezzled or concealed some of the community effects is deprived of his or her share in the said effects.Similarly, any spouse who has knowingly concealed the existence of a common…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1479

Personal claims that the spouses have against each other do not give rise to a levy and bear interest only from the day of the summons. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, they are assessed accord…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-16

The municipal council has the right to submit to the representative of the State in the department wishes on matters concerning the municipality or certain parts of the municipality as well as complai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-15

The Town Council has the right to ensure that its decisions are implemented. To this end, it may require the mayor to submit documents and accounts to it.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-12

The municipal council deliberates in particular on the following matters: 1° The creation and abolition of permanent communal jobs in the communal administration; 2° The allocation of retirement pensi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-14

The town council is called upon to give its opinion on matters which, for this purpose, are referred to it by law or by the State representative in the department. It must give its opinion: 1° On the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-13

The municipal council audits the accounts for the last financial year and, if it so decides, in the presence of the municipal collector. It establishes whether the expenditure mandates ordered by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-199-1

The words "related party" and "related party transactions" have the same meaning as defined by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December…

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