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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-10

Decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by a majority of votes of the members present or represented. The members of the Board, including the Chairman, each have one vote, with the exception of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-1

In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Board of Directors comprises:1° Nine members representing the State: a) Three representatives of the Ministers for Health and Social Action; b) One representa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Definition of banking-related transactions

Article L311-2

I. - Credit institutions may also carry out transactions related to their business, such as : 1. Foreign exchange transactions ; 2. Transactions in gold, precious metals and coins; 3. Investment, subs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-1

In order to benefit from the time required to attend and participate in the sittings and meetings referred to in article L. 7227-1, the assembly councillor or executive councillor, who is an employee,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-19-1

The departmental director of fire and rescue services performs the duties of director of the public establishment and head of the departmental corps. He has authority over all the personnel of the dep…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1500

The debts for which the community is liable in consideration of the property it receives are definitively its responsibility.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1499

Under this regime, in addition to the debts that would form part of it under the legal regime, a fraction of the debts of which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1501

Creditors may not be prejudiced by the distribution of pre-marital liabilities or liabilities arising from successions and gifts. They retain, in all cases, the right to seize the assets that previous…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1498

Where the spouses agree that there shall be community of movables and acquests between them, the common assets shall include, in addition to the property which would form part of them under the regime…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

The automatic accounts are known as: 1° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2°…

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