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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40-1

Agreements entered into and authorised during previous financial years, the performance of which continued during the last financial year, are examined each year by the Board of Directors and communic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13°: Financing certain export transactions

Article 136

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A interest, arrears and all other income from bond issues contracted before 1 January 1965 by cre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to the "Perinatal psychiatry" option

Article D6124-264

…mprises: 1° Single rooms accommodating at least one relative. Each room is equipped with a call device accessible to the patient and a lockable cupboard. Each single room is equipped with a lock enabl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Departmental advisory committee on safety and accessibility

Article D312-26

The departmental safety and accessibility advisory committee set up under decree no. 95-260 of 8 March 1995 is responsible for giving an opinion, under the conditions set out in the aforementioned dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés urbaines pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-26

I. - The mayor or the president of the group of local and regional authorities responsible for waste collection sets the collection procedures for the various categories of waste by means of a reasone…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-28

The protection litigation judge, at the request of the liquidator, shall determine the price to be paid for the property to be sold, the essential conditions of the sale and the visiting arrangements.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763

…A fine equal to 5% of the sums omitted shall be imposed where the following documents are not produced or are inaccurate or incomplete:a. Table of provisions provided for pursuant to the provisions o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 261-1

…aratory list must be drawn up in two originals, one of which is deposited at the town hall, and for Paris at the annexed town hall, and the other sent before 15 July to the secretariat-registry of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2573-26

…L. 2224-1, after the words: "leased or granted by the communes" are inserted the words:"in accordance with the locally applicable provisions".III. - For the application of the eighth paragraph of Art…

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