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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Election and composition

Article L7224-4

…nctions de conseiller exécutif autre que le président sont assimilées au mandat de conseiller régional.III. - The functions of president of the Martinique executive council are incompatible with the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…ng of Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems" are deleted; b) After the words: After the wo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

…n; 5° Adopting each year the report on the use by the fund of its appropriations referred to in the final paragraph of article L. 2135-16 ; 6° Defining the list of documents to be provided by the orga…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-25-1

…sion. The parties must set out, in their last submissions, the grounds on which they rely. In their final written submissions, the parties must repeat the claims and pleas previously presented or reli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-24

…3-141 and R. 123-142.The order shall be enforced within fifteen days of the day on which it becomes final. Failing this, the Registrar shall automatically make the entry and, if applicable, the striki…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-17

…rsons;f) The persons referred to in the request have already been penalised for the same facts by a final decision;g) Compliance with the applicable regulations on the protection of personal data is n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of electoral rolls

Article R4031-29

…in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 17 of the Electoral Code. The court will give its final ruling within ten days of the matter being referred to it, after giving three days' notice to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-18

…ee months following the election or, if the election is referred to the competent bodies, until the final decision. The minutes of the election shall be signed by the members of the polling station. A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Review proceedings

Article R4234-48

I.-The review of a final decision of the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance or the National Disciplinary Chamber imposing a temporary ban, with or without a suspended sentence, or a permanent ban…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4234-30

…period of enforcement, the penalty shall take effect on the day following that on which it becomes final. Where the acts complained of have revealed a lack of professional competence on the part of t…

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