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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-34

…as deputy mayor are at most equal to 72.5% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20. The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the effective performan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: French Development Agency

Article R773-5

…f the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 515-5 to R. 515-16n° 2017-582 of 20 April 2017R. 515-17No. 2019-742 of 16 July 2019R. 515-18 to R. 515-25n° 2017-582 of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: French Development Agency

Article R774-5

…f the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 515-5 to R. 515-16n° 2017-582 of 20 April 2017R. 515-17No. 2019-742 of 16 July 2019R. 515-18 to R. 515-25n° 2017-582 of 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…sions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have modified or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions

Article L711-5

…easures provided for in 2° of Article L. 733-7 and Articles L. 741-2, L. 741-6 and L. 741-7, L. 742-20 et L. 742-22. The realisation of pledges by municipal credit unions may not be prevented or defer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

…he public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to which the commune belongs is greater than 20% of the total number of members of this deliberative body, the latter may only deliberate on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

…hall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject, spe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the different types of pledge

Article D211-11

The formal notice provided for in V of article L. 211-20 shall contain the following information, failing which it shall be null and void:1° If payment is not made, the creditor may realise the pledge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Use of credits by organisations

Article R2135-26

…ed during a financial year may be carried forward to the following financial year, up to a limit of 20% of the amount of these funds, under the conditions set by decision of the Board of Directors, as…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Classification.

Article D134-21

The provisions of articles R. 133-20 to D. 133-31 apply to intermunicipal tourist offices.

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