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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L2121-2

The number of members of the municipal councils of the communes is set in accordance with the table below: COMMUNESNUMBER OF MEMBERSof the municipal councilLess than 100 inhabitants7From 100 to 499 in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-27

The obligations of the professional referred to in articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 relating to commercial warranties in respect of sales also apply to commercial warranties subscribed in connection wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-26-2

The request referred to in the third sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 611-7 is accompanied by the following: 1° The request for notice sent to the participating creditors, which reproduce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-2

…ty despite a court decision imposing a permanent or temporary ban is punishable by the same penalties. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the Fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24-2

The acts taken in application of 16° of I of article L. 232-5 may be appealed against by the parties referred to in article L. 232-24 before the Court of Arbitration for Sport alone as part of the app…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Updates

Article L224-25-25

…r of the updates is not due to shortcomings in the installation instructions provided to the consumer.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

…verseas departments receives an allocation under the equalisation grant mentioned in III of article L. 2334-23-1 calculated on the basis of its population, multiplied by a synthetic index composed of:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-2

When the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 receives a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15 that concerns another Member State of the European Union, it shall forward this report…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-27

…ered in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates under the conditions set out in article R. 623-40.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-27-2

The provisions of article L. 2241-3 are applicable to public establishments for intercommunal cooperation.

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