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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-5

…e such information is intended for the performance of their tasks under Regulation (EU) of 16 April 2014. It may request these same authorities to provide it with any information necessary for the per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-22

I.-The articles L. 2331-5 to L. 2331-10 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, revenue from the investment section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte includes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-21

I.-The articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, the revenues of the operating section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte include…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…ned in III of Article 1464 G or in a priority urban policy district defined in Article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion ;2° Premises and parking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…er dealing or market manipulation, within the meaning of Articles 8 or 12 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

…5146-2 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018.II.-For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-18

…rder to enable the public accountant to issue a collection notice in accordance with Article L. 612-20, VIII, the Banque de France, after receiving the assent of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

…or in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1° Article R. 5211-20 reads as follows: "Art. R. 5211-20.-The five most populous communes have half of the number of se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-85

…of nurses on the most recently published register is greater than 10,000 and less than or equal to 20,000: a) Two pairs of full members and two pairs of alternates representing self-employed nurses ;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…4 ;2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, for their application , resulting from Decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R…

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