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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5221-1

Two or more municipal councils, deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or mixed syndicates may initiate between themselves, through their mayors or presidents, an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5221-2

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5223-1

The communes may draw up and approve inter-communal development and planning charters which define the medium-term prospects for their economic, social and cultural development, determine the correspo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5223-2

The charters may be used as a basis for agreements with the département, region or state for the implementation of the projects and programmes they have defined. In rural areas, inter-municipal charte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: OTHER FORMS OF INTERMUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5223-3

Where an intermunicipal development and planning charter has provided for the application of the procedures set out in articles L. 121-2 and L. 126-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, the rep…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-2

Where the seizure relates to properties located in the jurisdiction of several land registries, a summons to pay shall be issued for each jurisdiction.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-1

Pursuant to article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

…risation of the enforcement judge; 9° A summons, where the property is the subject of a lease, to inform the bailiff of the surname, first name and address of the lessee or, in the case of a legal ent…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements with order forms and contracts with optional tranches

Article R2191-51

In the case of a framework agreement with order forms or a contract with optional tranches, either a single copy or a certificate of transferability of the contract, or a single copy or a certificate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29-2

When it is informed by the holder of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product granted under 1°, 2° or 3° of article R. 5121-28, prior to the marketing of the medicinal product or speciality c…

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