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

Article LO6411-1

The archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon comprises the island of Saint-Pierre, the island of Miquelon-Langlade and the islands and islets dependent on them. It constitutes an overseas collectivity,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article L6474-1

The President of the Territorial Council shall keep accounts of the commitment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by regulation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-12

The opinion of the competent State authority is deemed to have been given at the end of a period of one month from the date of referral to that authority.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-1

The provisions of this Part apply in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Agency staff

Article L1432-10

Management posts in regional health agencies are pensionable under the civil and military retirement pensions code when held by civil servants.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article L160-1

Anyone claiming to have lost, destroyed or stolen a life insurance contract or policy, or a capitalisation or savings certificate or contract, where the security is to order or bearer, must notify the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article L431-14

A construction insurance risk compensation fund has been set up to contribute, within the framework of agreements that may be concluded for this purpose with the insurance companies concerned, to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge

Article L425-1

I. - A guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge is responsible for compensating farmers and owners of agricultural and forestry land for…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Private project management

Article L2431-1

Project management is a comprehensive task that must provide an architectural, technical and economic response to the programme defined by the project owner for the completion of a project.The project…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-16

The mayor and deputy mayors, after being heard or invited to provide written explanations of the facts of which they are accused, may be suspended by reasoned ministerial decree for a period not excee…

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