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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2313-2

…aken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date of production of the budget documents; b) Actual operating expenditure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-17

…of France Compétences may, in particular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enabling him to ensure, for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-31-2

…° The auditors' reports for these three financial years;5° The accounts of its subsidiaries for the last two financial years;6° Where applicable, a list of the entities it replaces and the associated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe à l'article R1422-4

SEAT AND JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALSSEAT AND JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALSDEPARTMENTCOURT Seat of the industrial tribunal Jurisdiction of the industrial tribunal Agen Court of Appeal G…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-1

…red in clear and comprehensible terms, shall mention, in an apparent box, the deadline for non-renewal. Where this information has not been sent to the consumer in accordance with the provisions of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Judgments in accelerated proceedings on the merits

Article 481-1

…against unless it is issued by the first president of the court of appeal or unless it was given at last instance due to the amount or subject matter of the claim. The time limit for appeal or objecti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

…he case to request that the marriage be declared null and void. In this case, the provisions of the last paragraph of article 171-7 shall apply.If the Public Prosecutor has not made a decision within…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61-3-1

…his or her birth certificate for a change of name to one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. Without prejudice to article 61, this choice may only be made onc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375

…onal and educational difficulties, assessed as such in the current state of knowledge, which have a lasting effect on their skills in exercising their parental responsibility, a fostering measure carr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1

…er their supervision, the investigation assistant, shall have recourse to any qualified persons.The last four paragraphs of Article 60 shall apply.The public prosecutor may, by means of general instru…

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