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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-11

The operating result is the surplus or deficit for the year. For the purposes of appropriation, it is combined with the previous result carried forward, excluding any outstanding commitments.Outstandi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-1

The budget runs from 1 January to 31 December.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-1

The application for registration on the list of sworn goods brokers is submitted to the public prosecutor at the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the applicant has his residence or, in the ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-1

The working periods of the mobility leave may be completed within or outside the company that proposed the leave.They may take the form of either an open-ended employment contract or a fixed-term empl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-7

In the event that the Chairman of the Board of Directors ceases to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose his appointment pursuant to Artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-4

In the event of one or more members of the Board of Directors ceasing to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose their appointment pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations

Article L441-1-1

I.-For food products and products intended for pet food, the general conditions of sale, at the supplier's decision and without the purchaser being able to interfere in this choice:1° Either present,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-1

Applications relating to the operation of matrimonial property regimes and indivisions between persons bound by a civil solidarity pact or between cohabitees, as well as those relating to the liquidat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: The procedure for adjudicating a continuing dispute

Article 1561

The subject matter of the dispute shall be determined by the respective claims of the parties as set out in the application provided for in Article 1560. The parties may not amend their claims other t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: The procedure for adjudicating a continuing dispute

Article 1560

Where the parties have reached only a partial agreement and unless they request its homologation in accordance with Article 1557, they may apply to the judge for a ruling on the residual dispute eithe…

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