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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-9

The Martinique Assembly may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

I.-The provisions of Section 9 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-9

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1133-8 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-19

Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-15

…bsence of such acceptance, one month after a new dispatch of the resignation recorded by registered letter. The mayor and deputy mayors continue in office until their successors are installed, subject…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-44

I. - Unless Article L. 313-46 applies, the lender shall recover free disposal of the claims referred to in Article L. 313-43 as and when they fall due or are repaid, or on its own initiative. For as l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-12

The payment service provider of the payee shall apply effective risk-based procedures, including procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-18

The territorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-18

The territorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-18

The territorial council may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans…

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