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Showing 651660 of 24963 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 18-DCC-65 du 27 Apr 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-27

…out on the premises of an operator of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction for the entire duration of the training period set out in the first paragraph of article R. 321-26. It is intersper…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5212-27

…ger of unions is carried out free of charge and does not give rise to the payment of any indemnity, duty, tax, salary or fee.All the staff of the merged unions are deemed to come under the jurisdictio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Changes to the initial conditions governing the composition and operation of the communauté de communes

Article L5214-27

Unless otherwise stipulated, and confirmed by the decision establishing the community of communes, the community of communes' membership of a mixed syndicate is subject to the agreement of the municip…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-27

The urban community may entrust, by agreement with the local authority or authorities concerned, the creation or management of certain facilities or services falling within its remit to one or more me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-27

The Territorial Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-27

The Territorial Council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-27

The operation of the groups of elected representatives on the Territorial Council may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the allowance system for elected representatives…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-27

…h Guyana, a space is reserved for the expression of the groups of elected representatives. The procedures for applying this provision are defined by the internal regulations.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L7125-27

When the President of the Assembly of French Guyana or any Vice-President who has been delegated by the latter has ceased to carry out any professional activity for the exercise of his/her mandate and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-27

When the territorial community of Martinique distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of Martinique and the Executive Coun…

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