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

Article L1612-14

…after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section in the case of a municipality with fewer than 20,000 inh…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

…t sent to the competent authorities of the country of dispatch in application of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste or, in…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-1

…tion and information in Corsica. Notwithstanding articles L. 131-3, L. 131-4 and L. 131-6 to L. 131-10 of the Tourism Code, a specialised institution is responsible, within the framework of the guidel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman

Article R112-23

…agreements binding the institution; he is the authority responsible for awarding public contracts; 10° He chairs the Technical Committee and the Health and Safety Committee.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-48

…try or of undetermined nationality; 3° The "Subject and story" sub-group will be awarded a total of 10 points, distributed as follows: a) The subject is suitable for a young or teenage audience: 3 poi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 bis

Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% in respect of supplies of the following products:1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° (Repealed);3° bis The following products:a) firewood;b) agglomerate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

…icle 1er de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2013-679 DC du 4 décembre 2013], 706-95 à 706-103,706-105 and 706-106 are applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-4

…anagement companies that apply a market-making strategy, within the meaning of 3° of Article L. 533-10-3, on the trading venue and shall put in place arrangements to ensure that a sufficient number of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Responsibilities.

Article L2541-12

…ans; 8° The acceptance of gifts and legacies; 9° Acts of renunciation and gifts from the communes ; 10° The allocation of grants for general interest and charitable purposes; 11° The cancellation of m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-6

…and duration of the sentence or probation measures whose recognition and monitoring are requested; 10° Where applicable, the duration of the custodial sentence imposed whose enforcement has been cond…

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