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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L935-4

The second paragraph of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-4

The third paragraph of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-4

The third paragraph of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L940-4

In the absence of adaptation, references made, by provisions of this Code applicable in French Polynesia, to provisions which are not applicable there are replaced by references to provisions with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-4

In the absence of adaptation, references made by provisions of this code applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, to provisions which are not applicable there, are replaced by references to provis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-4

The communauté de communes is formed either without a fixed term or for a term determined by the decision instituting it.

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

Article L5215-4

The urban community is created without a time limit.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40

…unes, either at the request of their municipal councils or on the initiative of the community council. The modification is subject in the first case to the agreement of the community council and in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Termination of indivision.

Article L5222-4

When a commune requests that the undivided ownership in respect of it be terminated, the syndicate commission to which the request is referred notifies that commune, within a period of six months, of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Administration of assets owned jointly by several municipalities.

Article L5816-4

The syndicate commission is formed anew after each renewal of the municipal councils. If, in the meantime, a member of the syndicate commission ceases to be a member of the municipal council, he or sh…

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