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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

…he exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L784-4

…he exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L783-4

…he exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order no. 2014-1332 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

…administrative district of the State, for the allowances of departmental councillors in article L. 3123-16, up to a limit of 50% for the president and 25% for each of the vice-presidents.The boards o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

…is defined in article 10.2.4 of the World Anti-Doping Code in the version that came into force on 1 January 2021.II - When the breach of article L. 232-9 or 2° of article L. 232-10 involves a substanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-11

…kept on a national register which is processed automatically in accordance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. When they are kept in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-1-1

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Tax on commercial wasteland

Article 1530

…g within the scope of the business property tax defined in Article 1447 for at least two years on 1 January of the tax year and which have remained unoccupied during the same period. For the establish…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Regional Plan for Spatial Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality

Article L4251-2

…ach of the regions comprising mountain areas, within the meaning of Article 3 of Law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 on the development and protection of mountain areas;f) The national low-carbon developm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L71-113-3

…27and to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to articles L. 7125-28 to L. 7125-31;4° The contribution to the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale;5° The remunerati…

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