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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article LO6241-1

The acts taken by the authorities of the collectivity are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-Barthélemy, posted or notified to the int…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article LO6341-1

The acts taken by the authorities of the collectivity are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-Martin, posted or notified to the interes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-15

The partnership shall terminate on the death of one of the partners, subject to the provisions of this Article. If it has been stipulated that in the event of the death of one of the partners, the par…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-1

For service contracts concluded for a fixed term with a tacit renewal clause, the trader providing the service shall inform the consumer in writing, by letter or dedicated e-mail, no earlier than thre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-1

Local semi-public companies may intervene on behalf of persons who do not participate in their capital. For operations other than the provision of services, this intervention is subject to the conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Dismissal of an employee representative from an external company on the health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L2411-14

Authorisation for dismissal is required for a period of six months for a candidate for the position of employee representative from an outside company on the health, safety and working conditions comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-18

…f an economic interest grouping may be transformed into such a grouping without giving rise to dissolution or the creation of a new legal entity. An economic interest grouping may be transformed into…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Infant formulae

Article L122-12

For the purposes of this sub-section, infant formulae are foodstuffs intended for the feeding of children up to the age of four months and presented as meeting, on their own, all their nutritional req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-18

Payment institutions shall provide their customers, and any other person who so requests, with all relevant information on the procedures for protecting the funds collected. Customers are informed of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4 : Smoothing or spreading devices

Article 75-0 A

1. The exceptional income of a farmer subject to a real taxation system may, by option, be attached, in equal fractions, to the results of the financial year in which it is realised and of the six fol…

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