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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article L6474-2

The local authority's accounting officer is solely responsible for carrying out, subject to the controls for which he is responsible, the collection of revenue and the payment of the local authority's…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Expenditure

Article LO6472-2

The Territorial Council may include a credit for unforeseen expenditure in both the investment and operating sections of the budget. For each of the two sections of the budget, this appropriation may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article R695-2

The court, the juge-commissaire or the mandataire de justice appointed pursuant to Article L. 695-3 may require that any request for communication, cooperation or assistance be made in writing in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and contractors

Article R3245-2

Any project owner or principal who has not ordered the employer to put an end to the situation, or who has not informed the inspecting officer who issued the alert of the employer's failure to respond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-2

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia : 1° Article R. 1231-2 is replaced by the following provisions, to which Article R. 1545-1 does not apply: "Art. R. 1231-2. - The donor shal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

I.-The following information is recorded for each person entered in the register: 1° Information relating to the person him/herself : surname, forename(s), gender, date and place of birth of the perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commission agents in general.

Article L132-2

The commission agent has a lien on the value of the goods which are the subject of his obligation and on the documents relating thereto for all his claims for commission against his principal, even if…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-28

Where the consumer asks the guarantor, during the term of the legal guarantee or the commercial guarantee granted to him on the purchase or repair of a good, for a repair covered by that guarantee, an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-22

The commercial guarantee shall be provided to the consumer in a legible and comprehensible manner on any durable medium, and at the latest at the time of delivery of the goods. It specifies the conten…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-29

In the event of transfer of ownership of the goods between consumers for valuable consideration or free of charge, the sub-purchaser shall benefit from the rights acquired by the original purchaser, r…

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