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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…tonomous status of French Polynesia" are inserted;2° In II, the words: "referred to in Article L. 1331-4 du code de la santé publique" are replaced by the words: "necessary to bring wastewater to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

…ous year to deal with outstanding life insurance policies includes the following information, as at 31 December of the previous year, referred to as year N : 1° Number of contracts investigated (in pr…

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

Article L3335-2

…come), during the year of allocation, pursuant to article 59 of the finance law for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003) and the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 200…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Local authorities, local public bodies and local public companies

Article 1042

…ned in the first paragraph within the framework of articles L. 2251-1 to L. 2251-4, L. 2253-1, L. 3231-1, L. 3231-6, L. 3232-4, and the 5°, 6°, 7° and 8° of article L. 4211-1 du code général des colle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

…2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 on the finances for 2005, in the article 59 of finance law no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003 for 2004 and in the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article D1142-59-1

…le underArticle 67 of Law No. 2008-1330 of 17 December 2008 on the financing of social security for 2009, and the amount of other operating expenses and capital expenditure directly linked to the mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation and powers

Article L5219-1

…and Val-de-Marne;3° The communes of the other départements of the Ile-de-France region belonging on 31 December 2014 to a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation comprising at least one co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-2

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 13…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3, R. 1131-7…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…mony within six months of the issue of the certificate of French nationality referred to in Article 31.During the reception ceremony, the charter of rights and duties of French citizens referred to in…

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