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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-2

In the event of the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the persons mentioned in Article L. 654-1 against whom one of the following acts has been established are guilty of b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-20

The staff representatives on the works councils of the consular higher education establishments are elected from lists drawn up by the trade union organisations for each college. The committees compri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: LEGAL ACTION BY CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R622-2

The power of attorney shall be in writing. It shall expressly state its purpose and confer on the approved national consumer association the power to carry out all procedural acts on behalf of the con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Rules common to non-marine damage insurance and life and health insurance

Article A111-2

As long as the data referred to in article L. 111-7 justify it, taking gender into account may result in differences in premiums and benefits proportionate to the risks under insurance operations clas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-2

For the application of article L. 5421-4 in Mayotte, the words: "in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the first paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2002-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-2

The contracts referred to in article L. 6114-1 determine the strategic objectives of health care institutions on the basis of the regional health project defined in article L. 1434-1, in particular th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-28

The organisation files an application for authorisation with the prefect, indicating: - the legal status of the organisation; - the identity of its managers or directors responsible; - the technical a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article R2251-2

Municipalities or their groupings may award operating grants to the local structures of representative trade union organisations which have legal personality and which fulfil missions of general inter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Territories of health democracy

Article R1434-29

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall delimit the territories of health democracy within the region in order to allow, in each territory: 1° the projects of the Regional Health Agen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R910-2

For the application of this code in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "Tribunal judiciaire" by "tribunal de première instance";2° "Cour d'appel" by "tribunal…

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