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

Article D2311-3

Communes with a population of less than 500 and their public administrative establishments, with the exception of public administrative establishments with a specific nomenclature by nature, may apply…

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

Article D2311-16

I. - Pursuant to article L. 2311-1-2, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system submits an annual report to the municipal council or…

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

Article D3311-9

I. - Pursuant to article L. 3311-3, the president of the departmental council shall present to the departmental council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men…

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

Article D4311-5

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for allocable expenditure and revenue, to group 90 "Allocated operations", completed by the most detailed subdivision o…

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

Article D4311-7

I. - Pursuant to Article L. 4311-1-1, the President of the Regional Council shall present to the Regional Council an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the…

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

Article D4311-4

The chapters of budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for allocable expenditure and revenue, to group 90 "Allocated operations", completed by the number of one of the ten functi…

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

Article D4311-2

The chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section:- to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts "…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable in the event of non-compliance with house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-21

In accordance with the provisions of articles 141-3 and 142-8, when pre-trial detention is ordered following the revocation of house arrest with electronic surveillance against a person previously pla…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-7

I.-Any online platform operator mentioned in I of article L. 111-7 specifies the referencing, dereferencing and classification procedures in a specific section. This section is directly and easily acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article D626-65

The draft plan provided for in Article L. 626-30-2 must include at least the following information: 1° The identity of the debtor; 2° The debtor's assets and liabilities at the time the restructuring…

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