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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

…ue territoriale;5° Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to the servic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-4

…ties concerned has referred the matter to the European Banking Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-3

…rst paragraph Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 511-18 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-19 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-20Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 II.For the applicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D72-103-2

For the application of the provisions of 19° of Article L. 72-103-2, the territorial authority of Martinique proceeds with the depreciation of its fixed assets, including those received on disposal or…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…016/2031, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations of the European Parli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-13-1

…ss operators approved for the manufacture of medicated feed within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018, as well as for the associations representing them, to receive benefits in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis G

…tions set out in I of article 39 quinquies H as it stood prior to the article 30 of finance law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019;4. For companies whose securities are admitted to trading on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…re replaced by references to the minimum wage; 5° In articles R. 421-3, R. 421-4, R. 426-16, R. 426-19 and R. 431-14, references to the provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by references to loca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…to the provisions with the same purpose applicable locally; 8° The last sentence of Article L. 423-19 is deleted; 9° The first paragraph of Article L. 424-2 reads as follows: "After submitting their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…fficers [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023]. In the event of any difficulty encountered in the performance of these duties, in…

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