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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-10

As from the referral to the territorial audit chamber and until the end of the procedure provided for in article LO 6471-7, the Territorial Council may not vote on budgetary matters, except for the de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accounting and prudential provisions

Article L773-5

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-10

A fine of 3,750 euros shall be imposed on any user who makes use of a temporary employee : 1° Either without having concluded a written secondment contract with a temporary employment agency, within t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article L518-24-1

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, within the framework of the missions mentioned in Article L. 518-2, may, after authorisation from the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget and by wr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L2353-4

The European Company Committee meets at least once a year. The annual meeting focuses in particular on 1° The economic and financial situation of the European Company, its subsidiaries and establishme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Main insolvency proceedings

Article L691-3

The court shall rule on challenges raised or applications made, in accordance with paragraphs 7 or 8 of Article 36 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, by the local creditors of an estab…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

…When the tenant has resumed payment of the rent and service charges and, during the period of time allowed for payment of the rental debt granted by a decision of the judge seised pursuant to Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L775-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-42

Authorisation to close the coffin may only be issued on the basis of a certificate attesting to the death, drawn up by a doctor, whether practising or retired, by a student in the third cycle of medic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-2

The provisions of articles L. 2143-1 and L. 2143-2 relating to the conditions of appointment of the trade union delegate, those of articles L. 2143-7 to L. 2143-10 and of the second and third paragrap…

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