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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-8

…nt, le produit des taxes prévues aux articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;11° The fraction of value-added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Finance Act no. 201…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…225-12 of the penal code; 7° Crime of theft committed in an organised gang provided for by article 311-9 of the Penal Code; 8° Aggravated crimes of extortion provided for by Articles 312-6 and 312-7 d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-209-2

…om the reserves available to the General Meeting pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 232-11 of this Code. If they have not been used for one of the purposes and within the time periods ment…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-18

…liability and of reimbursement or compensation in the event of an invoicing error or late delivery; 11° The amount of sums to be paid on expiry of the contract or in the event of early termination, in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-14

…ns; 10° the purchase and sale of buildings, pledges and mortgages, leases and rentals of buildings; 11° Acquiring, extending or disposing of financial holdings, participating in economic interest grou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

…ities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of the regional health project referred to in article L.…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…on finance laws; 6° The general conditions for granting the financial aid mentioned in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-14; 7° General conditions for the conclusion and performance of contracts and agree…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 quinquies

…pectively in the third paragraph and the fourth paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions;2° For each distribution, the cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-34

…an agent of the State, he benefits, on behalf of the State, from the protection provided by article 11 of the loi n° 83-634 du 13 juillet 1983 portant droits et obligations des fonctionnaires.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-5

…of the financial year. Between the mandating deadline set in the third paragraph of article L. 1612-11 and the deadline for voting on local tax rates provided for in Article 1639 A of the General Tax…

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