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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-34-1

…er the general renewal of the municipal councils, the representative of the State in the department and the public prosecutor(s) with territorial jurisdiction receive the mayors of the department in o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-3

…ilable to its members or to departmental employees when this is justified by the exercise of their mandates or duties.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the names of the e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-19-3

…cle available to its members or to regional staff where this is justified by the exercise of their mandates or duties.Any other benefit in kind is subject to a resolution specifying the names of the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-3

…7, respectively made by individual entrepreneurs with limited liability to the register of commerce and companies, the register of commercial agents and the register of entrepreneurs with limited liab…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-3

When they choose to submit their safety management system to periodic inspection under the conditions set out in article R. 342-12-2, operators must inform the Prefect. They shall have an initial insp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-3

The mandate given pursuant to Article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-3

Subrogation cannot prejudice the creditor where he has been paid only in part; in that case, he may exercise his rights, in respect of what remains due to him, in preference to the person from whom he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3-1

Notwithstanding any legislative provision to the contrary, the indexation of debt securities and financial contracts mentioned respectively in 2 of II and III of article L. 211-1 is unrestricted.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-1

…tioned in 1° to 3° may be accompanied by a penalty payment. The injunction shall specify the amount and effective date of the penalty payment. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the maximum daily amo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations

Article L211-38-1

…he beneficiary other than the provider of the financial collateral referred to in Article L. 211-38 and provided as initial margin pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European…

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