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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1

For credit institutions and, where applicable, finance companies, the Minister responsible for the economy shall lay down rules concerning, in particular: 1. The amount of the initial capital of credi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-7

As from the referral to the territorial audit chamber and until the end of the procedure provided for in article LO 6262-4, the Territorial Council may not vote on budgetary matters, except for the de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L314-1

I. - A payment account is an account held in the name of one or more persons and used to carry out payment transactions.II. - The following are payment services1° Services enabling cash to be paid int…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-26

A substantial modification in the objectives or means of the plan may only be decided by the court, at the request of the debtor and on the report of the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. Where the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-19

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4425-18 are transmitted to the Corsican regional authority. They are communicated by the Corsican regional authority to the elected m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-6

I.-The commercial operating authorisation referred to in Article L. 752-1 is compatible with the orientation and objectives document of territorial coherence schemes or, where applicable, with the dev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-5

Article L. 723-2 reads as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in New Caledonia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and chief ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-2

The provisions of Article L. 131-3-1 apply to local authorities, public administrative establishments, independent administrative authorities with legal personality, the Banque de France, the Institut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-2

For the risks referred to in article L. 1142-2 of the French Public Health Code, a claim is any damage or set of damages caused to third parties for which the insured is liable, resulting from a harmf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-2

I.-Independently of the leave of absence from which they benefit under the conditions set out in article L. 2123-1, mayors, deputy mayors and municipal councillors are entitled to a credit of hours en…

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