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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical and medical-psychological examinations.

Article D17

…arson) ; 4° Whether parental authority may be revoked, pursuant to articles 1 and 2 of the law of 24 July 1889; 5° Whether a decision has been taken to suspend probation or admit the offender to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R822-72

The Articles of Association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. They also state: 1° The surname, first names and domicile of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

I. - From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L3334-3

…d pursuant to IX of the article 81 of Law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019. In 2020, the amount of the flat-rate allocation for the Department of Mayotte is reduced pursuant to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-3

…6 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 511-12-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 511-13 Order no. 2015-558 of 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article R1453-14

…m the authority to which the public official concerned reports, pursuant toArticle 10 of Decree no. 2020-69 of 30 January 2020 relating to ethical controls in the civil service; 3° A summary, in Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-1

…vided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020;10° The fraction of the net proceeds of value added tax collected pursuant to A and B of XXV of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R752-1

…2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312-4-4n° 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-6, R. 312-6-1 and R. 312-7n° 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R753-1

…2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312-4-4n° 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-6, R. 312-6-1 and R. 312-7n° 20…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-40

…Article L. 212-24. Notification of the programming project is made within two months of t…

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