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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-15

I. - The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall be required, under the conditions laid down in this chapter, to report to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 the sums entered in their b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

…1° of II of Article L. 713-1 and the representatives of the natural or legal persons referred to in 2° of II of the same article must: 1° Meet the conditions set out in Article L. 2 of the Electoral C…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

…5 values and to be indexed each year according to the rate of change in the overall operating grant.2° Credits transferred by the State, the amount of which is equal to the payments made to the Treasu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D3311-6

The chapters of the budgets voted by function correspond: a) Investment section: - for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Establishment and operation of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-14

…conditions are met: 1° The condition set out in the second paragraph of Article R. 2312-11 is met; 2° The employer makes available to the members of the social and economic committee the elements of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article R113-1

The maximum amount of subsidies that sports associations or the companies they form pursuant to article L. 122-1 may receive, pursuant to article L. 113-2, from local authorities, their groupings or p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration

Article A123-37

…The alphabetical file of natural and legal persons registered within the jurisdiction of the court;2° The collection of individual files;3° The collection of ancillary files.The alphabetical file is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1-2

…he proceedings relate to a felony or misdemeanour punishable by at least three years' imprisonment; 2° The proceedings relate to a misdemeanour punishable by at least one year's imprisonment committed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

…rs responsible for health and social security issued after consulting the Haute Autorité de santé ; 2° Where they exist, the conditions mentioned in 1° of this article may be complied with; 3° The pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-2

…D. 1333-32 to carry out the periodic radon measurements provided for in II of article R. 1333-33 ; 2° If the reference level set in article R. 1333-28 is exceeded, for the owners of establishments op…

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