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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-5

…referred to in Title I of Book II of Part Five;4° The public establishments referred to in Article L. 143-16 of the town planning code;5° Local authorities with special status located within the terr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7

…ctives assigned to the action of the public collectivities in terms of town planning by the article L. 101-2 of the town planning code. It defines the resulting spatial planning principles, and in par…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46

…ement may benefit, where it meets the conditions for early intervention referred to in I of Article L. 511-41-5, from financial support from one or more of the other parties to the agreement. This agr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56

…nditional convertible instruments by the following persons 1° The persons mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution procedure ; 2° A parent institution in a Member State, a parent in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…uros and registered on the personal training account are :1° Civic service as referred to inarticle L. 120-1 of the French National Service Code ; 2° The operational military reserve mentioned inartic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-19

…vices of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accordance with the terms and conditions…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Invalidity of a registration

Article L512-4

…n is declared invalid by a court decision: a) If it does not comply with the provisions of articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-8; b) If its owner could not benefit from the protection provided for in article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Refusal and subordination of sales and services

Article L121-11

…t, where such subordination constitutes an unfair commercial practice within the meaning of Article L. 121-1.It is also prohibited to make the sale of a good or the provision of a service conditional…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

In the contracts mentioned in article L. 212-1, the presence of one or more unfair terms covered by the decree issued pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 212-1 is punishable by an administr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-5

…seized by the State representative within thirty days of the transmission provided for in articles L. 2131-1, L. 3131-1 and L. 4141-1, establishes this and proposes to the local authority, within thi…

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