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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: INTERREGIONAL AGREEMENT

Article L5621-2

The interregional agreement is administered by a council made up of delegates from the regional councils elected by proportional voting with the highest average. Lists of candidates may include fewer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-27

…own use or for joint use, administrative premises, office equipment and cover their documentation, mail and telecommunications costs. The President of the Territorial Council may, under the condition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-26

…own use or for joint use, administrative premises, office equipment and cover their documentation, mail and telecommunications costs.The president of the Assembly of French Guiana may, under the cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-5

…marital status, address and family situation; - personal or professional telephone number and e-mail address; - professional situation; - holding public elected office or judicial office; - having…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-2-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the European Central Bank, as the case may be, shall decide on an application for the authorisation provided for in Article L. 511-10 withi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-8

The decisions pronounced by the juge-commissaire are entered by the court clerk on the list of claims mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 624-2. This list thus completed and the statements…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-32

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution temporarily suspends, restricts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of a person subject to its supervision, pursuant t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-6

The industry professional benchmark referred to in II of article L. 4163-2 is approved by a joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and social affairs after receiving the opinion of the Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4312-9

For the application of Article L. 4312-10, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-15

For the application of article L. 5217-10-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

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