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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…tive of associations working to combat insecurity;14° One representative of the Mutualité Française;15° Four representatives of legal entities managing institutions for the disabled;16° Four represent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-10

…ded for in 2° of Article L. 124-1, the provisions of this article do not apply. The articles L. 125-15 and L. 125-16.

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

Article L1612-1

…ents falling due before the budget is voted. In addition, until the adoption of the budget or until 15 April, in the absence of adoption of the budget before that date, the executive of the local auth…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-59

…exchanging real estate and granting mortgages; 14° Participation in bodies with legal personality; 15° The performance contract between the school and the Minister for Sport. The Board of Directors m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

…ent Service User is aware of this when he places his payment order; 4° II and III of Article L. 133-15, Article L. 133-17, III of Article L. 133-19 and Article L. 133-20 may not apply to instruments m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1527-1

…s not applicable;14° The reference to a departmental commission for psychiatric care does not apply;15° The reference to the court of first instance replaces the reference to the judicial court.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-3

…rs, after consulting the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credit, established by article 15 of law no. 49-874 of 5 July 1949. The State guarantee may also be granted by the managing directo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-30

…dered as a single catchment area, the two 25% thresholds mentioned in this paragraph are reduced to 15% and 8% respectively.The offer mentioned in the previous paragraph gives rise to the conclusion o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-5

…erred to in Articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4, they also have the powers provided for in Article L. 512-15 as well as sub-section 6 of section 2 of chapter II of this title.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 182 A bis

…after deduction of a 10% allowance for professional expenses.III. - The rate of deduction is set at 15%.IV. - The withholding is deducted from the amount of income tax established under the conditions…

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