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

Article LO6322-5

The Territorial Council elects the members of the Executive Council. The Executive Council is composed of the President of the Territorial Council, President, four Vice-Presidents and two other counci…

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

Article LO6322-12

Executive Council meetings are chaired by the President of the Territorial Council.

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

Article LO6322-14

Executive Board meetings are not public. They are the subject of a press release.

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

Article LO6322-9

The president of the territorial council and the members of the executive council, after having been heard or invited to provide written explanations on the facts of which they are accused, may be sus…

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

Article LO6322-11

The President of the Territorial Council convenes the Executive Council whenever he/she deems it useful.

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

Article LO6322-6

Nominations for the various posts on the Executive Council shall be lodged with the President within one hour of the election of the President of the Territorial Council. If, on expiry of this time li…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-3

The State guarantee is granted by the Minister for Economic Affairs, after consulting the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credit, established by article 15 of law no. 49-874 of 5 July 1949…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-2

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of II, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has the status of competent authority for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-1

The nullity of a company or of a deed amending the articles may only result from an express provision of this Book or of the laws governing the nullity of contracts. In the case of sociétés à responsa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance for farmers against private accidents, accidents at work and occupational diseases.

Article L442-5

As stated in article L. 752-28 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code), people who have the option of taking out supplementary insurance against accidents in privat…

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