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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-17

…te of community councillor are at most equal to 28% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-17

Failure to comply with article L. 6352-13 by means of advertising containing information that is likely to mislead as to the conditions of access to the courses on offer, their content, penalties or f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-17

The operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 and the public or ministerial officers competent to carry out judicial and voluntary sales, as well as the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

…ctions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought exclus…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-17

…the occasion of the debate on the budget guidelines for the financial year provided for in article L. 4425-5, the report appended to the initial budget and the report appended to the administrative a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2564-17

For the application to Mayotte of Article L. 2224-8 : 1° In the second paragraph of I, the reference to the year 2013 is replaced by the reference to the year 2015; 2° In the fifth paragraph of III, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-17

I.-Conforming to article L. 425-4 of the town planning code, the applicant, the State representative in the department, any member of the departmental commercial development commission, any profession…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-17

…auditor notwithstanding the legal incompatibilities provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 214-110.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-17

The amount of the contribution provided for in article L. 213-16 is negotiated between the parties on fair, transparent and objective terms, so that it remains less than the difference between the cos…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-17

…Article L. 115-16 find that there is a shortfall, inaccuracy, omission or concealment in the information use…

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