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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-4

The national commission, on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the G…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-4

An exception is made to the rule in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-17 : 1° When, convened a second time to deliberate on the same subject, the number of councillors present is not, this time a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The President, the Permanent Commission and the Bureau of the Departmental Council

Article L3122-4

The departmental council elects the members of the standing committee.The standing committee is made up of the president of the departmental council, between four and fifteen vice-presidents, provided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6413-4

Laws, ordinances and decrees enacted before the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer dans…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Article LO6431-4

Any territorial councillor absent from four consecutive meetings of the territorial council within a period of less than four months without a legitimate excuse accepted by the council shall be declar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7153-4

In the areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of French Guiana, the assembly of French Guiana may, by deliberation, request the authorities of the Republic to authorise its president to n…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L322-4

Any person shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for any of the following offences: 1° (repealed)2° Maintaining in operation an establishment where one or more physical…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-4

Any user who uses a temporary employee for a purpose other than that provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1251-6 or outside the cases mentioned in that same article is liable to a fine of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L632-4

When the application for repeal is submitted after five years have elapsed since the expulsion decision was actually enforced, it may only be rejected after an opinion has been given by the committee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Specific interests of certain categories of residents

Article L2544-4

Deliberations of the municipal council relating to a section of a commune are enforceable only after approval by the representative of the State in the département, when their purpose is: 1° The colle…

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