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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-31

Each year, the State representative in the territorial collectivity informs the Assembly of Martinique, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in the collectivity.This special…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-30

At his request, the president of the assembly of Martinique shall receive from the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity the information necessary for the exercise of his attribu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-39

On pain of nullity of the contracts entered into or the bonds issued, the issue of bonds by a joint stock company that has not drawn up two balance sheets duly approved by the shareholders must be pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5711-3

Where, pursuant to articles L. 5214-21, L. 5215-22 and L. 5216-7, a public establishment for intercommunal cooperation replaces all or some of its member communes within a syndicate, this establishmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-3

The employment contract of an employee who has been declared unfit for work may be suspended to enable him/her to follow a vocational redeployment course.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6224-3

The territorial councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment or of the Centre national de la fonction publique t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6325-3

The territorial councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment or of the Centre national de la fonction publique t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-3

The compensation that may be due to the owners or occupiers of land included within a protection perimeter for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, as a result of measures taken to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Purpose

Article L1121-3

The purpose of a service concession contract is to manage a service. It may involve awarding a concession to manage a public service. The concessionaire may be responsible for building a facility or a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-3

Revenue from the investment section includes in particular: a) State subsidies and contributions from local authorities, their groupings and third parties to investment expenditure; b) Proceeds from l…

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