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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article L721-1

The debtor submits a request to the Commission de surendettement des particuliers (Private Individuals' Overindebtedness Commission) for the treatment of his overindebtedness situation, in which he de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3133-1

Any taxpayer registered on the roll of the department has the right to exercise, both as plaintiff and defendant, at his own expense and risk, with the authorisation of the administrative tribunal, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4143-1

Any taxpayer registered on the roll of the region has the right to exercise, both as plaintiff and defendant, at his own expense and risk, with the authorisation of the administrative tribunal, the ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-1

In public health establishments in Mayotte, the proportion of expenditure covered by compulsory health insurance schemes is financed by an annual allocation. The total amount of these allocations is i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4423-1

The deliberations of the Assembly of Corsica, the acts of the President of the Assembly of Corsica as well as the deliberations of the Executive Council, the decrees of the President of the Executive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-11

The council of the Greater Paris metropolis adopts by a two-thirds majority, within six months of its creation, a financial and fiscal pact defining the financial relations between the Greater Paris m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of this part, and regardless of where they practice and the patients they treat, military health professionals covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 o…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: The direct payment procedure for maintenance payments

Article L213-1

Any creditor of maintenance may have the amount of such maintenance paid directly to him by third parties who owe him sums of money that are due and payable to him. In particular, he may exercise this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L943-1

The second and third paragraphs of article L. 310-1 are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L933-1

The second and third paragraphs of article L. 310-1 are deleted.

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