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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Terms and conditions of office

Article L4422-46

The provisions of Chapter V of Title III of Book I of Part Four of the present Code are applicable to the President and members of the Assembly of Corsica, as well as to the President and members of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-4

For the purposes of Section 4 of Chapter II of this Title, it shall constitute substantial assistance for a person to: 1° Fully disclosing, in a signed written statement or in a recorded interview, al…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-4

…e 30 June 1986, or if no agreement has been reached on the expiry of the previous agreement, the scale of remuneration and the terms of payment of the remuneration are decided by a commission chaired…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Conditions for exercising metropolitan mandates

Article L3632-4

The functional allowance voted by the Metropolitan Council for the effective performance of the duties of President of the Metropolitan Council is at most equal to the reference term mentioned in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-4

Without prejudice to the application of the specific rules for the formation of the types of companies mentioned in Article L. 6223-1, the acquisition by a natural person or legal entity of shareholdi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477-1

The future protection mandate is published by an entry in a special register, the procedures and access to which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-4

When a trial court is called upon to rule in the cases provided for in this sub-section, it shall do so under the conditions determined by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instruction of the investigating judge, apprehend any person placed under judicial supervision against whom there are one or more plausible g…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 464-1

With regard to the detained accused, the court may, in any event, by special reasoned decision, where the elements of the case justify the extension of a particular security measure, maintain the dete…

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