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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-3

…2013-793 of 30 August 2013, no. 2014-1127 of 3 October 2014, no. 2015-1231 of 6 October 2015, no. 2016-1276 of 29 September 2016 and no. 2017-739 of 4 May 2017 revaluing the flat-rate amount of the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-9

…ive retirement savings plans mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code;15° The tied agents mentioned in article L. 545-1 ; 16° Branches approved in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-3

…1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-17-1 Law no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 133-18 Law no. 2022-1158 of 16 August 2022L. 133-19Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-20 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-3

…N GROUPS OF THE GENERAL BUDGET REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 6145-6. Expenditure GROUP 1 Debt repayment 16: Borrowings and similar debts GROUP 2 Fixed assets 139: Investment subsidies entered in the profi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-7

…control environment, which is reflected in the behaviour of the bodies mentioned in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code and management, their degree of sensitivity and the actions they ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-2

…he amounts of compensation paid to the département, during the previous year, under article L. 3334-16-2 of this code, during the penultimate year, in respect of the personalised autonomy allowance pu…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…rmation for data subjects is provided in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individua…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-25

…ve the machine being used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code;- personal safety equipment: as a minimum, participants must be equipped with…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-4

…ofiles. " ;4° Article R. 2331-8 reads as follows:"Art. R. 2331-8 -The provisions of article R. 2131-16 apply";5° In article R. 2343-3, references to articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labour Code…

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