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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-34

For the purposes of articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-33, public or private bills are treated in the same way as financial securities. However, only credit institutions and finance companies may repurchase…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-30

If the transferor defaults on its obligation to pay the transfer price, the securities remain the property of the transferee. If the transferee defaults on its obligation to transfer the securities, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-33

Financial securities received under a repurchase agreement are not recorded on the transferee's balance sheet; the transferee records the amount of its receivable from the transferor as an asset.When…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Arbitration

Article L2397-3

The State may have recourse to arbitration under the conditions set out in Article L. 2197-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Membership.

Article L2261-3

Any representative trade union organisation of employees and any trade union organisation or association of employers or individual employers may join an agreement. However, if the activity in which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L2543-3

The expenditure necessary to fulfil the obligations imposed by law on communes is entered in the communal budget. The following are compulsory: 1° The material costs of the communal administration; 2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article L3122-3

The duties of president of a departmental council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective offices: president of a regional council, mayor. The functions of president of a d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article L4133-3

The functions of president of a regional council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective functions: president of a departmental council, mayor, the president of the council…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Transport.

Article L4413-3

The Ile-de-France region defines regional travel policy, in compliance with the guidelines of the master plan for the Ile-de-France region provided for by Article L. 123-1 of the town planning code an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Waste

Article L4424-37

The regional waste prevention and management plan provided for in Article L. 541-13 of the Environment Code is drawn up, at the initiative of the Corsican territorial collectivity, by a commission mad…

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