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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-1

Private individuals' over-indebtedness commissions have the task of dealing, under the conditions set out in this book, with the over-indebtedness situation defined in article L. 711-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-16

I. - On its own initiative or at the request of the Executive Council, or at the request of the Prime Minister, the Assembly of Corsica may submit proposals to amend or adapt regulatory provisions in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-14

When the normal functioning of the Assembly proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers. It shall inform Parliament of this as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-17

The proposals, requests and opinions adopted by the Assembly of Corsica pursuant to I to IV of article L. 4422-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-13

The Shareholders' Meeting shall draw up its rules of procedure within one month of its election. These rules shall lay down the procedures for its operation which are not provided for in this chapter.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-15

The Assembly settles the affairs of Corsica by its deliberations. It supervises the Executive Council. The Assembly votes the budget, adopts the administrative accounts, adopts the plan for the sustai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Assembly of Corsica

Article L4422-10

The President alone is responsible for policing the Assembly within its precincts. He may have any person who disturbs order expelled from the sittings room.The dates and agenda of sittings are decide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-12

The parties to the contract agree on the principle of a contractual termination during one or more meetings at which the employee may be assisted:1° Either by a person of his choice from the company's…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Public policy provisions

Article L224-16

The provisions of this section are of public order.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-17

On pain of nullity, the sociétés anonymes participating in a merger are required to file a declaration with the Registrar in which they relate all the acts carried out with a view to the merger and by…

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