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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 804

…529-6 and article 706-157 which is applicable in these local authorities as drafted by the loi n° 2016-731 du 3 juin 2016 ;2° Pour les îles Wallis et Futuna, des articles 52-1,83-1 and 83-2, the fifth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-4

…n the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding these grants when the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…0 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 law no. 2005-845 of 26 July 2005 L. 313-17 with the exception of its third paragraph Order no. 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

In application of 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-18 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-18-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…ndertakings, in which these companies are included, are drawn up in accordance with articles L. 233-16 to L. 233-28 . 233-28 or, for undertakings governed by the national law of another State, with th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

The amount of aid granted to carry out a project complies, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3511-4

The articles L. 3334-16, L. 3334-16-1, L. 3334-16-2 and L. 3443-2 are not applicable to Mayotte.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-179

Deeds and formalities relating to judicial partition and judicial voluntary sales give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formali…

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