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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-1

…counting officer of the commune, department or region is a State public accounting officer with the status of principal accounting officer. He is appointed by the minister responsible for the budget a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32

…n the day of its accession to independence in the territory of a State which had previously had the status of an overseas territory of the French Republic, have retained French nationality. The same a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 310-1

…down in Chapter II of this Title, by operation of law, by voluntary recognition or by possession of status established by an act of notoriety as well as, under the conditions laid down in Chapter V of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry on the list of top-level sports referees and judges

Article R221-10

The status of high-level sports referee and judge is obtained by inclusion on the list of high-level sports referees and judges drawn up by the Minister for Sport, on the recommendation of the relevan…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices constituted in a form other than that of a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R134-13

…m other than that of an industrial and commercial establishment must at least set out : - the legal status of the tourist office ; - the composition of the governing body of the office, with the numbe…

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

Article L2113-9-1 A

…3-9 is created, it replaces the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status within the mixed syndicates covered by Book VII of Part Five of which it is a member. Each mi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article L2122-34-1

…m the attributions that the latter exercise on behalf of the State and as judicial police and civil status officers. From the date of their appointment, mayors and deputy mayors are issued with a tric…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-5

…economy and the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables may differ according to the legal status of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institution…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-10

In the event of a change in the legal status of the employer as referred to in article L. 1224-1, the mandate of the trade union delegate or central trade union delegate continues when the undertaking…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-9

The acquiring or new mutual insurance company shall be liable to creditors who do not have the status of members of the company or companies being acquired in place and stead of the latter, without su…

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