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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-7

Cheques may be made payable to the drawer. Cheques may be drawn on behalf of a third party. Cheques may not be drawn on the drawer himself, except in the case of a cheque drawn between different estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-6

A town council may only be dissolved by reasoned decree issued in the Council of Ministers and published in the Journal officiel. If there is an emergency, it may be temporarily suspended by reasoned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-15

Where the complaint or submissions are inadmissible on grounds that may be remedied in the course of the proceedings, the court may not reject them by noting the inadmissibility of its own motion unti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-17

The synthetic index of resources and charges mentioned in article L. 2334-16 for municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more is made up of:1° The ratio between the per capita financial potential of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-13

…s administering an occupational pension institution mentioned in article 8 of order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational pensions;g) Persons whose principal activity co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…e portion exceeding the rebilling, is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-1

Insurance may be taken out under a general or special mandate, or even without a mandate, on behalf of a specific person. In the latter case, the insurance benefits the person on whose behalf it was t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-14

The parties shall be informed that they may be represented or assisted by a lawyer. However, pharmacists, whether they are plaintiffs, claimants or the subject of the proceedings, may be assisted eith…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-20

Each shareholder has one vote. A shareholder may give a written mandate to another shareholder to represent him at the meeting. No member may hold more than two proxies. The General Meeting may only v…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CHECKING RIGHTS OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE

Article L813-6

The detained foreign national's lawyer may, upon arrival at the place of detention, communicate with the foreign national for thirty minutes, under conditions that guarantee the confidentiality of the…

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