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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-2

I.-Independently of the leave of absence from which they benefit under the conditions set out in article L. 2123-1, mayors, deputy mayors and municipal councillors are entitled to a credit of hours en…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Administrative rectification and cancellation

Article 1047

The purely material errors or omissions which, pursuant to Article 99-1 of the Civil Code, may be rectified by the civil registrar, are: 1° An error or omission in a civil status record, proof of whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-30-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…e judicial police officers [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023]. In the event of any difficulty encountered in the performance o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-2

Any European company duly registered in the Trade and Companies Register may transfer its registered office to another Member State of the European Community. It shall draw up a transfer proposal. Thi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution.

Article L5216-10

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés d'aggloméra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-336

…1, L. 4221-14-2, the first sentence of 1° of article L. 6213-2, B of IV and V of Article 83 of Law no. 2006-1640 of 21 December 2006 on the funding of social security for 2007 or Article 60 of Law no…

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

Article L5215-40-1

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés urbaines pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…to the adaptations provided for in II to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-2 law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 L. 5211-3 Order no. 2021-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

In accordance with the terms and conditions set out in an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the national representative organisations of the Bars and Law Societies, the parties' lawyers ma…

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