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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-6

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-6

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-7

…the section's property, the fruits of which are collected in kind, as determined by the town council.It is consulted on the development of marshland and uncultivated or obviously under-exploited land…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities

Article L2422-11

…gement mandate is incompatible with any project management, technical control as defined in article L. 125-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code, or works execution assignment relating to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Operation management

Article L2422-4

…anager is incompatible with any project management, technical inspection role as defined in article L. 125-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code or work execution role relating to the same pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-16

…s the payment of compensation for damage caused by a natural disaster within the meaning of article L. 125-1 to a built property conditional upon its reconstruction in situ is deemed to be unwritten w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5212-32

…s of the union, given under the majority conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 5212-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-11

In the case of a cooperative carrying out the activities provided for in 2° of Article L. 124-1, the reimbursement of the shares of a member who withdraws or is excluded shall be made, notwithstanding…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transport and motor vehicles

Article L242-25-1

Any breach of Article L. 224-68-1 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-2

The acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5 may be appealed against by the parties referred to in article L. 232-24 before the Court of Arbitration for Sport alone as part of the app…

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