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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…ocation changes each year according to the rate of change in the overall operating allocation. From 2011, this change does not apply.In 2006, the amount of this allocation calculated in this way is in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Clearing houses

Article D440-3

…akings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-4

…this article, the entities benefiting from an exemption from disclosure may not represent more than 20% of the gross non-life insurance premiums written by all the undertakings referred to in Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2

…n or equal to an amount set in the unemployment insurance agreement provided for in article L. 5422-20;2° Or the total amount of the entitlement that would have been paid in the absence of a remainder…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-1

…fined in the regional specifications referred to in article R. 6315-6. On-call care is provided by doctors practising in doctors' surgeries, health centres, health clusters and health centres, as well…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

…made to this effect to the chair of the examination board, as well as a copy of the opinion of the doctor appointed by the committee referred to in article L. 146-9 of the Code de l'action sociale et…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

When a unitholder or shareholder who holds more than 20% but less than 99% of the units or shares of an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities requests the redemption of unit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-42

Where an appeal is lodged against a decision or order made pursuant to Article L. 612-10 (first and second paragraphs) or against an order or decree made pursuant to

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 sexies

…ultimately be liable may defer payment of subsequent instalments. If the amount of tax is more than 20% higher than the amount of the advance payments made, the late payment interest provided for in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Turnover tax and similar taxes

Article 1788 C

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