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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: THE PRESIDENT, STANDING COMMITTEE AND BUREAU OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4133-6-1

The Regional Council shall determine, by a resolution adopted within three months of its renewal, the list of powers the exercise of which is, under its control, delegated to its standing committee. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-12-2

Under conditions set by their internal regulations, the amount of the functional allowances that the deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation of 50,000 inhabitants or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I : Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 1054

If the request is granted, the court shall order that all documents, even those drawn up or transcribed outside its jurisdiction, be amended by a note in the margin. To this end, the operative part of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Authorisations and clearances.

Article 1289-1

The spouse's application shall be accompanied by any evidence of the spouse's inability to express his or her wishes or by a medical certificate, if the inability is of a medical nature. The judge may…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title III: Common provisions

Article 1566

The judge shall rule on the application presented to him without debate, unless he deems it necessary to hear the parties. If the application is granted, any interested party may refer the matter to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 734

The court or tribunal imposing a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-6

For the performance of its duties, the AMF shall adopt a set of General Regulations, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic after approval by order of the Minister res…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of tangible movable property

Article 2344

Where the pledge is constituted with dispossession, the pledgor may claim the return of the pledged property, without prejudice to damages, if the creditor or the agreed third party fails to fulfil it…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2305-1

The benefit of discussion must be invoked by the guarantor from the first proceedings brought against him. The guarantor must indicate to the creditor the debtor's assets that may be seized, which may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial aid.

Article L5213-10

The State may grant financial assistance from the Fonds de Développement pour l'Insertion Professionnelle des Handicapés (Development Fund for the Professional Integration of the Disabled) to any empl…

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