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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R775-6

…8-0 and R. 518-0-1n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-1No. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 518-2no. 2013-56 of 16 January 2013R. 518-3 to R. 518-7n° 2019-1197 of 20 November 2019R. 518-8-1n° 2008-781…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-9

…ed powers are the subject of a special contribution within the general decentralisation grant. From 2013, this special contribution is increased by the amount of financial compensation for the costs m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-22

I.-The articles L. 2331-5 to L. 2331-10 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, revenue from the investment section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte includes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-21

I.-The articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, the revenues of the operating section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte include…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-10

…mation obligations set out in articles L. 221-5, L. 221-6, L. 221-8, L. 221-11, L. 221-12 to L. 221-14 is liable to an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and €75,000 for a legal…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-4

…renewal of the lease is refused, the amount of the eviction compensation provided for inarticle L. 145-14 of the French Commercial Code is set taking into account the increase in value of the busines…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-7

…months following notification of the order, subject to the provisions of articles 1136-13 and 1136-14; this is mentioned in the act of notification.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-5

…c product which does not comply with the rules on the substances it contains, as set out in Article 14 and Article 15(1) and (2) of the same Regulation, shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-40

When, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 694-14 to 695-9-57, the departments and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 transmit information obtained from the department mentioned in Article L. 561-2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-10

…ried out by the liaison office of the Directorate General for Labour referred to in Article R. 8121-14. This liaison office responds to requests for information from foreign administrations and provid…

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