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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Failure to comply with a decision to refuse entry

Article L821-4

This prison sentence is increased to five years when the acts are committed by violence, breaking and entering or bribery, and to seven years when the acts are committed as part of a group or under th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-6

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, appointed for three years, is renewable once. This provision shall not prevent the Chairman from holding a directorship before or after hi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-96

The Director manages the establishment's affairs other than those which fall within the remit of the Board of Directors mentioned in article R. 6147-95. The Director is assisted by a seven-member Exec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

…sulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 on finance for 2018 shall receive in 2020, 2021 and 2022 allocations und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 ter

…ount mentioned in H of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020 and the amount mentioned in 1 of B of III of Article 29 of Law No. 2020-1721 of 29 December 202…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6

…ed tax provided for in C of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 collected by the département in the previous year;2° The sum of the departmental proceeds colle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-5

…ensation mentioned in c of 1° and b of 2° of C of IV of Article 16 of Finance Act no. 2019-1479 for 2020; > 2° The sum of: a) The proceeds determined by applying the average national municipal tax rat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Groups of employers not falling within the scope of the same collective agreement.

Article L1253-18

Subject to the specific provisions applicable to the employers' groups mentioned in Article L. 1253-17, the provisions of Section 1 apply to employers' groups that do not fall within the scope of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to concession contracts for public passenger transport services by rail

Article L3222-1

…ticle L. 3212-4 are governed, for their award and performance, by the provisions of article L. 2121-17-1 of the Transport Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 667

1 (Transferred under article L. 17 of the tax procedures book). 2. The departmental conciliation commission provided for in Article 1653 A may be seized for all deeds or declarations recording the tra…

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