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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L4313-2

…passenger rail services;11° Of the statement of changes in assets provided for in Article L. 4221-4;12° Other statements relating to the region's assets and financial position and its various commitme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

…ture relating to social action, health and integration for which the local authority is responsible;12° Expenditure relating to the personalised autonomy allowance ;13° The costs of the departmental e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-8

…ties and the agreements entered into with these third parties referred to in 1° of II of article R. 1243-4 , provided that this modification has no impact on the product;5° the appointment of a new re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Non-profit-making associations and recognised public interest foundations authorised to make certain loans.

Article R518-61

…lied with;6° The total amount of outstanding loans granted under this sub-section is capped at :a) €12,000 per participant and per company for a business start-up or development project ;b) €8,000 per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…General of Labour10° The Director General of Armaments;11° The Director General for Research and Innovation;12° The Director General for Overseas Territories;13° Le directeur central du service de sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within this perimeter

Article A761-14

…second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative plan o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers in force, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 ; b) Natural persons placed under the authority of or acting on behalf of one of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…expenses paid under the conditions provided for in Article 4 sexies of Ordinance no. 58-1100 of 17 November 1958 relating to the operation of parliamentary assemblies; 1° bis a and c (Repealed); b (T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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