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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…ticles L. 4241-5 and L. 4241-14, representative of the profession within the meaning of Articles L. 162-33 of the Social Security Code, L. 2122-5 of the Labour Code, L. 6156-2 and L. 6156-3 of the Pub…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R773-39

…in 7° bis and 7° quater" are replaced by the words "in 7° quater"; 8° In Articles R. 561-13, R. 561-16, R. 561-20-4 and R. 561-28, after the words "mentioned in 1° to 6°," the words "with the exceptio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…utuna Islands", with the exception of their mention in article R. 413-1 and in 1° of article R. 431-16; 3° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the senior administrator of the Walli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-15

…of fraud; -obtaining an understanding of the way in which the bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code exercise their oversight in terms of fraud risk; -analyse fraud ris…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…II of the same Article 44 septdecies that they have created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the year following their c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…n II of the same Article 44 sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the year following their c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…onsumption of electricity mentioned in article 266 quinquies C of the customs code. II.For the year 2023, the amount of the communal share collected by the communes, public establishments for inter-co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-3

…e environmental inspector concerned may lodge an appeal with the commission provided for in Article 16-2. The procedure applicable before this commission is that set out in Article 16-3. III.-The envi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-10

…The establishment project ;2° The contract and agreement mentioned in II and III of article L. 114-16 ;3° The annual activity report drawn up by the Director;4° The organisation of the centre and its…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-10

…of municipalities pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, as it stood prior to Act no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform, communes déléguées taking the name and territorial bound…

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