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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-2

…e department in which the association has its registered office. It is published in the Recueil des actes administratifs. The opinion of the public prosecutor provided for in article L. 811-1 is grant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on insurance policies

Article 1003

…tate of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area acting in France under the freedom to provide services are required, before commencing their operati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-9

Notwithstanding Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, any entity estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Grading and promotion

Article L821

…stration with which the relevant joint committees sit and submitted to these committees, which then act as promotion committees and submit their proposals to the appointing authority. The promotion ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-11

Health agency contracts are enforceable as soon as they are received by the State representative. The latter shall refer to the administrative court, within two months of receipt, any decisions that h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: INTERREGIONAL AGREEMENT

Article L5621-6

…egional council of a member region, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Any act that transfers competencies determines the financial and asset conditions of these transfers as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article L6221-19

…the deliberations and minutes of public meetings of the territorial council, the deliberations and acts of the executive council, the budgets and accounts of the local authority, as well as the decre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article L6321-19

…the deliberations and minutes of public meetings of the territorial council, the deliberations and acts of the executive council, the budgets and accounts of the local authority, as well as the decre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6414-5

Under the conditions defined by the regulations enacted by the local authority, subject to the transfer of the resources required to exercise these powers, the communes may intervene in town planning…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-111-1

The budget of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the collectivity are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in…

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