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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART THREE

Article Annexe 31-2

…pport; 12° Emergency accommodation; 13° Assistance in accessing rights; 14° Providing nursing care; 15° Health education; 16° Providing lockers for the personal belongings of homeless people; 17° Reco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax intended to finance sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance benefits under the social protection scheme for non-salaried farmers

Article 1613 quater

I.-It is instituted a contribution on beverages other than alcoholic beverages within the meaning of 2° of article L. 111-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services mentioned in II.I bis.-.The contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-8

I.-Without prejudice to its right to apply to the administrative court pursuant to articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 or L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, any person detained in a prison in app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-4

…m the application of 1.1 and 2.1 of Article 78 of Finance Act no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 for 2010, including the amounts provided for in VIII of the same 2.1, received or borne the previous yea…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R365-4

…" 11° Foreign nationals referred to in "11° Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 8°, 10°, 13° and 15° to 17° of article R. 431-16. ";14° In article R. 313-16, after the words: "trade and company reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

…stablishments;14° Determine the resumption of alignments in application of a town planning document;15° Exercise, on behalf of the municipality, the pre-emption rights defined by the town planning cod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…nalysis is requested from the technical and forensic police services or bodies mentioned in Article 157-2, there is no need to swear an oath and if the request is made by a judicial police officer or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…to 17 and 24 to 26 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014; 3° This Title and Title III of this Book; 4° Any other legislative or regulatory provis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B undecies

…have instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions set out in Article 1639 A.2.…

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