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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and standing

Article L623-1

A nationally representative consumer defence association approved under Article L. 811-1 may bring an action before a civil court to obtain compensation for individual losses suffered by consumers pla…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L742-1

…he debtor is in an irremediably compromised situation as defined in the second paragraph of article L. 724-1 and has assets other than those mentioned in 1° of the same article, the commission, after…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and tasks

Article L822-1

The Institut national de la consommation, a national public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature, with legal personality and financial autonomy, is a centre for research, information a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-18

…rondissement council on the inclusion in the inventory of a community facility mentioned in article L. 2511-16, the municipal council or Paris council shall deliberate.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

…ecision by the municipal council or the Paris council taken under the conditions set out in article L. 2511-36.The arrondissement council manages local facilities, subject to the provisions of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-15

…emption rights, as well as to the deliberation provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 211-4 of the town planning code, when they concern the territorial jurisdiction of the arrondisse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-19

The arrondissement council appoints, from among its members, the representatives of the municipality or the City of Paris on bodies whose scope of action is limited to the arrondissement and on which…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-11

…he mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris is heard, at his request, by the arrondissement council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-14

The city council or the Paris council consults, within the time limits set out in article L. 2511-13, the arrondissement council on the amount of subsidies that the city council or the Paris council p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-12

…e mayor of Paris at least eight days before the meeting of the municipal council or the Paris council.The time devoted by the municipal council or the Paris council to questions put by the arrondissem…

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