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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-10

The closing of the local authority's accounts is constituted by the vote of the territorial council on the administrative account presented by the president of the territorial council after transmissi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 2

The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the following matters:- guardianship, legal administrations and curatorships under local law;- judicial division and judicial sale of real…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Service at the request of the parties

Article A444-34

The services listed under numbers 131 to 134 of table 3-2 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-2 of article appendix 4-7)Description of the serviceFee 131 S…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L773-28

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L775-22

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reasoned decision, cho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

…to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n° 2004-604 du 24 juin 2004 portant réforme du régime des valeurs mobilières émises par les sociétés commerciales et e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article R782-27

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 641-1 to R. 641-3n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article R783-27

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 641-1 to R. 641-3n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010

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