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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Contribution on mineral waters

Article 1582

…ese same volumes, under the method for calculating the surcharge on mineral water in force before 1 January 2002.The proceeds of the contribution are paid back to the communes under the conditions pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776

…of incapacity to hold an elective public office provided for by Article 194 of Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 referred to above (1);3° To administrations and legal entities, the list of which will…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…le L. 5134-1 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016. Articles L. 5137-1 to L. 5137-3 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-3

…plements technical measures to ensure compliance with the obligations set out in law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;When an army hospital is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-122

…in safeguard or receivership or judicial liquidation proceedings for companies opened on or after 1 January 2006: a) Opening the safeguard or receivership proceedings with an indication of the names o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…of this I may also be made in favour of a syndicate mentioned in article L. 5212-1, existing on 1st January 2019 and included in its entirety within the perimeter of the agglomeration community.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-2

…nts, taking into account any revenue recorded during the additional period mentioned in Article R. 3311-3. These duties are net of the assessment, non-assessment and collection costs provided for in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article L812-1

…butions : - persons employed by the companies, employers and organisations mentioned in article L. 131-2 with fewer than eleven employees ; - persons carrying out work and services in private homes. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration

Article D6152-356

…he development of networking between the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation acti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6-1

…The necessary sums are taken from the appropriations allocated to the urban equalisation grant.From 2012, eligible departments may not receive an urban equalisation grant that is less than the amount…

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