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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Environment.

Article L4424-35

…ation replaces the budgetary aid allocated by the State in Corsica pursuant to the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, au titre de la prote…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

…expected. When the bathing season extends over the whole year, it begins on 1st October and ends on 30th September. 3° A large number of bathers corresponds to an estimated high number of bathers, tak…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-1

This commission comprises: 1° A chairman and a vice-chairman appointed by joint order of the ministers responsible for the budget, the economy, civil security and overseas departments and territories…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

I.-The provisions of this chapter determine the specific requirements applicable to all employers mentioned in article L. 4111-1 who carry out the following pyrotechnic activities:The manufacture, stu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D6152-71-1

I.-A special practice allowance is awarded to full-time hospital practitioners, including during their probationary period, assigned to a public health establishment in the Department of Mayotte, who…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

…L. 131-1, L. 131-2, L. 132-5-2, L. 132-5-3, L. 132-9, L. 132-9-1, L. 132-20 to L. 132-22-1, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, the specific provisions relating to insurance in the event of death and Chapter IV…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-13

…the amicable sale of the immobilised vehicle, in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 221-30 to R. 221-32, and that after this period, the vehicle may be sold by compulsory auction; 5° Where…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

…vice versa. II.-A.-The reduction provided for in I applies when the change in rental value exceeds 30% of the rental value calculated before taking into account the change provided for in the same I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

…e modification of the amount of the latter. In either case, the request, which cannot be made after 30 September each year, must specify the presumed amount of the taxes and must be made to the tax au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-1

…forward it to the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Budget together with his opinion by 30 November of the same year at the latest. Notwithstandingarticle 176 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7…

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