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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-4

Each year, the Assembly of Corsica holds two ordinary sessions of a maximum duration of three months, convened by its President. The first opens on 1st February. The second opens on 1st September. If…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1147

A mention of the divorce is made in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses, at the request of the interested party or his or her lawyer, on the basis o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication and proof of judgments

Article 1082

A note of the divorce or legal separation shall be made in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses, in view of an extract of the decision containing onl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

Attached practitioners are eligible for promotion to the 12th step according to the following terms: 1st step: one year. 2nd step: two years 3rd step: two years. 4th step: two years. 5th step: two yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-18

The provisions of articles L. 237-1 to L. 237-31 of the French Commercial Code apply in the event of the dissolution of the issuing association, subject to the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 rel…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-2

The insurer may automatically substitute surrender for the reduction if the surrender value of the contract is less than half the gross monthly amount of the minimum growth wage applicable in mainland…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 B

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 1 January of the tax year other than those referred to in article 1391 benefit from an automatic reduction of €100 in property tax on built-up properties relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-5

The authority responsible for the public website shall make the reports referred to in Article L. 3512-7 public no later than 1 July of the year in which they are received. These reports remain access…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

When the first paragraph of Article L. 1612-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to whic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman

Article R112-25

The Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée has the power to delegate his signature provided for by Decree no. 2005-850 of 27 July 2005 on delegations of signature by members of…

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