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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L3241-4

The budgets of public services of an industrial or commercial nature operated by a public authority, leased out or under a concession, must have revenue and expenditure in balance.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L3241-6

…omposition of the board of directors is adapted to ensure fair representation of elected representatives from all these départements.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L3241-5

Departments are prohibited from taking responsibility in their own budgets for the public services mentioned in Article L. 3241-4 for expenditure other than that resulting from duly approved treaties…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L3241-3

Public works contracts concluded by the local authorities referred to in the previous article must not contain clauses involving the leasing of public revenue.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2420

Creditors holding the same rechargeable mortgage benefit from the rank of the registration of the agreement constituting the security. However, in their relations with each other, the date of publicat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2418

…Where several registrations are made on the same day in respect of the same property, their respective rank is determined as follows, regardless of the order resulting from the register provided for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2419

…r pledge relates to property deemed to be immovable, is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published, notwithstanding the pledgees' right of retention..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article L5426-6

The penalty is recovered by Pôle emploi. The provisions of article L. 5426-8-2 are applicable to the recovery of the penalty.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative penalties.

Article L5426-5

…mpleteness, when deliberate, in the declarations made for the benefit of allowances for workers deprived of employment as well as failure to declare a change in the situation justifying this benefit,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions.

Article L5426-9

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular : 1° The conditions under which enforcement officers have access, in order to…

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