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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-3

…l'action sociale et des familles, resulting from decrees no. 2013-793 of 30 August 2013, no. 2014-1127 of 3 October 2014, no. 2015-1231 of 6 October 2015, no. 2016-1276 of 29 September 2016 and no. 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-7

I. - Local authorities and their public establishments may entrust a third party with the examination of applications and the preparation of decisions to award financial assistance and benefits that t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-12-2

…d pursuant to Article L. 232-9, the laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in France may, on the basis of blood or urine samples from athletes which are sent to it and in the event that…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16

…ublic order, the representative of the State in the département and, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by means of a reasoned order, prohibit that person from entering or being in the vicinity of ve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-1

Municipal policing is carried out by the mayor, however: 1° The representative of the State in the département may take, for all or several of the communes in the département, and in all cases where t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the administration of the person subject to a resolution procedure

Article L613-51-1

…sory functions of an entity subject to a resolution procedure are dismissed, the resolution college may appoint a special administrator, who may be a natural person or a legal entity, to whom all powe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-5

…order of arrival with a view to benefiting from such an exemption, or by filing a full application, may, if this application refers to a prohibited practice covering the territories of more than three…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

…he duties of head of post or officials designated by them holding the grade of controller or higher may, in an area between the land border of France with the States party to the said Convention and a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-38

The application for revision may only be made at least three years after the date on which the tenant took up residence or after the starting point of the renewed lease. The revision of the rent takes…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-9

…orms alone an act the performance of which required assistance from the habilitated person, the act may be annulled only if it is established that the protected person has suffered prejudice.The oblig…

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