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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Reimbursement of costs and expenses

Article A444-201

The travel expenses mentioned in a of 7° of I of Article Annex 4-8 are subject to a flat-rate reimbursement equal to that provided for bailiffs in articles A. 444-48 and A. 444-49.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Collection of data and information

Article A444-203

The national professional bodies listed in Article R. 444-17, with the exception of the Conseil national des barreaux, shall transmit by 30 June each year at the latest, either by secure electronic co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Incidents

Article A444-200

The acts and formalities carried out in relation to incidents (number 48 of table 6) give rise to the following fees:1° If the incident is in the nature of a principal claim, the lawyer shall receive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-20

The commission is consulted on those provisions of the special budget of the police prefecture that relate to the financing of the Paris fire brigade.The consultative commission must also be asked for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-20

The requirements of article R. 2224-10 must be satisfied, in Mayotte: - by 31 December 2020 at the latest for communes all or part of whose territory is included in a sanitation agglomeration whose po…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Municipal authorities.

Article D2573-20

…Articles R. 2221-24, R. 2221-30 and R. 2221-96 are applicable in their wording prior to decree no. 2019-1472 of 26 December 2019 amending various provisions relating to municipal boards.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-20

Payment appropriations corresponding to programme authorisations are to be paid in the following proportions: - 42% during the year in which these allocations are granted; - 35% during the year follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

The Assembly of Corsica determines the conditions under which the communes mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code or their groupings are designated as tou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-20

The amount of the grant is set at 152,500 euros for each of the overseas regions.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Roads (R).

Article R5215-20

Under no circumstances shall the assistance of the community's technical services give rise to remuneration on the part of the municipalities concerned.

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