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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-7

I.-The insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings shall notify the undertaking he proposes to give pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 to the debtor's…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-1

The system enabling immediate payment of the parking charge provided for in Article L. 2333-87, including in dematerialised form, informs the driver of: a) The immediate payment rate scale applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-1

The High Council deliberates on:1° The annual budget and its amendments during the year;2° The financial account and the allocation of the results;3° The accounting and financial regulations, which ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article R2513-8

The commander of the Marseilles marine fire brigade is responsible, in the area of jurisdiction provided for under I and II of article L. 2513-3 and for the missions defined in article R. 2513-5, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-28

The inaugural meeting of the Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council is chaired by the oldest member, with the youngest member acting as secretary. During this first meeting, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R7124-21

The inaugural meeting of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is chaired by the oldest member, with the youngest member acting as secretary.During this first meeting, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R7226-21

The inaugural meeting of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is chaired by the oldest member, with the youngest member acting as secretary.During this first meeting, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-98

In compliance with the competitive tendering rules set out in the public procurement code, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public esta…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 465-1

Where a judgment fixes a maintenance allowance or one of the claims provided for in articles 214, 276 and 342 of the Civil Code, the parties are informed in a document attached to the copy of the judg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Publication of civil status records

Article 101-2

The publicising of civil status records is also ensured by the family record book, the content of which, the rules for updating and the conditions for issuing and securing it are laid down by decree i…

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