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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-3

…onal audit chamber, under the conditions provided for in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 1612-2. These provisions do not apply when the failure to adopt the budget results from the delib…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-6

…councils on the name of the new commune through concordant deliberations taken pursuant to Article L. 2113-2, the State representative in the département submits a proposed name to them for their opi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-6

…associations collect the full identity of persons who may be concerned by the provisions ofarticle L. 212-9, under conditions defined by a decree issued after consultation of the Commission nationale…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-6

…applied from allowing the animal to take part in the competitions and events referred to in article L. 241-2, in accordance with the procedures set out in section 4 of chapter II of title III of this…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-6

…o this document a notice drawn up by the insurer in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 141-4 of the Insurance Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-3

A document lacking any of the particulars specified in article L. 131-2 shall not be valid as a cheque, except in the cases set out in the following paragraphs. In the absence of any special indicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Shares for cash and paid-in capital

Article L212-1

The different types of shares are defined inArticle L. 228-7 of the French Commercial Code, which is reproduced below: ArticleL. 228-7: "Shares for cash are those whose value is paid up in cash or by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-26

…at least as favourable as those mentioned in this article, such pay, within the meaning of article L. 3221-3, is increased, following such leave, by general increases as well as by the average of ind…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-13

…t. The surnames and forenames of trainees and civic service volunteers within the meaning ofarticle L. 120-1 of the French National Service Code who are received in the establishment are entered in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3

…which the company or establishment concerned is open. Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1242-1, an agreement or an extended branch agreement may set the terms for calculating this waiti…

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