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

Article L1612-7

As from the 1997 financial year, for the application of article L. 1612-5, the municipal budget is not considered to be out of balance if the operating section includes or includes a surplus brought f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-145

…Procedures for the receivership or compulsory liquidation of companies opened on or after 1 January 2006 and the professional recovery procedure instituted by Chapter V of Title IV of Book VI;b) Infor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19

…mented by the central service for the preservation of biological samples mentioned in article R. 53-20-1. This processing may include a common reference number with the national automated genetic fing…

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

Article L1872-1

…12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the I of Article L. 1612-20 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-1

Applications made pursuant to Articles 2 to 20 of Order no. 2009-515 of 7 May 2009 relating to the review procedures applicable to public procurement contracts shall be lodged, investigated and judged…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-22-1

For the application of Articles L. 561-7, L. 561-20, 3° of Article R. 561-5-2, 2° of Article R. 561-5-3 and Article R. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 concerned shall assess the level…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-23

…asset management company intends to amend any of the disclosures referred to in II ofArticle D. 532-20 or, as the case may be, provided for inArticle L. 532-23, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-3

…bligation. The provisions of 27°, 28° and 29° of article L. 2321-2 will come into force as from the 1997 financial year for fixed assets acquired as from 1 January 1996 and for loan guarantees granted…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article R632-9

…ion of an expulsion decision taken, prior to the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997, by the Minister of the Interior, on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-89

…rrence of liability, guaranteed under the conditions set out in Chapter III of Decree no. 55-604 of 20 May 1955 relating to public or ministerial officers and certain auxiliary officers of the court.

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