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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. It is endowed with €500 million per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of 1 Janua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197 A

…rench source; in this case, the tax may not be less than an amount calculated by applying a rate of 20% to the fraction of net taxable income less than or equal to the upper limit of the second bracke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…ganisations represented on the High Council for the Paramedical Professions mentioned in Decree no. 2007-974 of 15 May 2007, on the commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R753-21

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 330-1n° 2013-388 of 10 May 2013R. 330-2 and R. 330-3no. 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: French regulated markets

Article D764-3

…wording resulting from the decreeD. 421-2 to D. 421-5 and the first sentence of article D. 421-6No. 2007-904 of 15 May 2007

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-23

…in a), a general-purpose investment fund may increase the limit of exposure to a single contract to 20% when, in accordance with the fund rules or the articles of association of the general-purpose in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-1

…management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under I of Article L. 132-20-1, I of Article L. 132-20-3, I of Article L. 132-20-4, I of Article L. 217-2, I of Article L. 217…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-6

…abitants; 4° The public housing offices whose total current revenue shown in their accounts for the 2014 financial year is more than 20 million euros; 5° Other local public establishments whose total…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-17 c (art. A322-91)

…erof divers in the group0 to 12 metresPE-12 + PN4 (*)E2 or GP orP4 + PN-CPA-12 + PN3Space from 0 to 20 metresPE-20 + PN4 (*)E2 or GP orP4 + PN-CPA-20 + PN3Space from 0 to 40 metresPE-40 + PN4 (*)E3 or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-34

…as deputy mayor are at most equal to 72.5% of the reference term mentioned in I of article L. 2123-20. The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the effective performan…

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