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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-90

…members of the Management Board. Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 612-39 or L. 612-40, authorisation may be withdrawn by the Supervisory Board of the central body…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-9-1

Territorial civil service employees other than those in the professional fire brigade are recruited and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, within the framework of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…of this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…he department's collection of administrative acts; 3° Functional allowances provided for in article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

…ble, subject to the adaptations provided for from II to X. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2121-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 212…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-44

…for inter-communal cooperation that has decided to exercise the competence provided for in Article L. 2223-40. If, within this period, the agreement has not been reached because of the competent auth…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40 are excluded from the procedure for awarding concession contracts,313-1,313-3,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Compensation scheme for territorial councillors

Article LO6434-2

…an appended table summarising all the allowances allocated to the members of the Territorial Council. IV. - The resolutions provided for in this section shall be adopted by an absolute majority of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L3123-9-2

…f in one of the following situations:- being registered with the institution mentioned in l'article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5411-1 of the same code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L4135-9-2

…elf in one of the following situations:- being registered with the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 of the French Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 of the…

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