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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Miscellaneous provisions and penalties.

Article L514-4

I.-When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution becomes aware of information that could hinder the proper performance of the duties of the body responsible for maintaining the register re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-44

The conditions of application of articles L. 5211-42 and L. 5211-43 are set by decree in the Council of State. This decree fixes in particular the total number of members of the departmental commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-41

…yor of the commune or the mayor of Paris, within one month of the notification provided for in Article L. 2511-40, the special statement for the arrondissement adopted in real balance. The special sta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget

Article L2312-4

The provisions of article L. 2312-3 come into force as from the 1997 financial year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-4

The municipality may award subsidies to existing companies whose purpose is to operate cinemas under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. These subsidies may only be awarded to establ…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-4

Under no circumstances may the periods provided for in article L. 412-3 be less than one month or more than one year. In setting these deadlines, account is taken of the good or bad will shown by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-4

When one of the two medical certificates mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 3211-2-2 concludes that the person's condition no longer justifies the care measure, the director of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-4

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1225-28, the words: "defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "either between the birth o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-4

The remuneration due in respect of related rights for the reproduction and communication to the public of press publications in digital form is based on the revenues from exploitation of any kind, dir…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-4

For the operations referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1, the State in which the risk is situated is considered to be :1° The State in which the property is located, when the insurance relates…

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