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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-17-1 (art. A211-54)

TITLE I ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTORAL ROLLS I-1. The Director General of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne draws up the list of voters and eligible persons for each college in accordance with th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B sexies

I. - 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 1636 B septies and 1636 B decies municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax system vote each…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A bis

…79-0 bis and article 1609 quater and the decisions referred to in III of article 1521 and article 1522 must be taken before 15 October of a year in order to be applicable from the following year. They…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L4211-1

…tes current account advances at market prices and under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1522-5 of this code. By way of derogation from the conditions laid down in the same Article L. 1522-5,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…in addition to the members whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-69 and L. 225-75 of this code, members representing employees.A company whose principal activity…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…ave been obtained for French-initiated cinematographic works. IV - "Technicians" group A maximum of 22 points are allocated to the "Technicians" group, divided between the following two sub-groups: 1°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4-1 (art. A212-76)

…mpliance with the organisation's objectives, values and methods from an educational perspective OI 122 EC Mobilise internal resources in the preparation of a development project OI 123 EC Lead a proje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Temporary authorisation to practise for specialist doctors and dental surgeons who hold a diploma allowing them to practise in their country of origin

Article R4111-35

…32-21 of the Education Code, a specialised cross-disciplinary course provided for in article R. 632-22 of the same code or another course. The university at which the student has completed this traini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-3

…hundred municipalities classified according to the synthetic index provided for in article L. 2334-22-1. For communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-7

…the communes that make it up, by way of derogation from the first paragraph of I of article L. 5215-22. This substitution does not modify the powers of the syndicat de communes, which becomes a syndic…

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