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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-2

…nter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status under the conditions provided for in article L. 5210-1-2, the creation of such an establishment by sharing under the conditions provided for in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-2-1

No charges related to payment rejection may be levied by drinking water and wastewater services on natural persons not acting for business purposes who have obtained, for the bill that generated payme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-1

In the performance of their duties, private security guards are required to hold their card or approval decision at all times and to produce it to any person who requests it. He must also have the wor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-27-1

…he legislative provisions that authorise him to do so. The commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-24 is appended to the order. The principal shall issue the private security guard with an approval c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…l Code or of the same grouping awarded a public procurement contract, as referred to in Article L. 1220-1 of the French Public Procurement Code; 2° Over the last two financial years, one of the two co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-3

The statutory auditor shall be notified annually of the outstanding loan agreements granted pursuant to 3 bis of article L. 511-6. In a statement attached to the management report, the statutory audit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

…acement of equipment: 1° Specially designed to make homes accessible to elderly or disabled people; 2° Or enabling the adaptation of dwellings to the loss of independence or disability, where the cond…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-14

…absence of such technical standards, specific codes of conduct applicable to the sector concerned ; 2° Where applicable, it possesses the qualities which the trader has presented to the consumer in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-3

…the proper functioning of that market. This article applies to AIFs 1° Relevant to II of Article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excluding AIFs relevant to I of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.

Article D214-227-1

The instrument of acceptance provided for in the fourth paragraph of 3° of V of Article L. 214-169 shall include the following information: 1° The title "instrument of acceptance of the assignment or…

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