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

Article D5217-14

…uchers and mandates.The authorising officer produces the statement of outstanding commitments as at 31 December of the financial year ended. Outstanding balances from the operating section are carried…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-3

…rticle 18(3), Article 19(2), Article 25(3)(a, b, d and e), Article 28(2), Article 29(3) and Article 31(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2. They m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-162

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq, subject to the provisions below. A copy of the declaration mentioned in article R. 814-160 is…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-8

…cular the protection provided by the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 and the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 relating to the status of refugees.It cooperates with the United Nations High Commis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4111-1

…the regions are made up of the following regions, within their territorial boundaries in force on 31 December 2015: - Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine; - Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 867

…he minutes as well as the minutes mentioned in 6° of 2 of Article 635, in the version applicable on 31 December 2019, which are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty ;4° Secretaries, the a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-28

…y available to ensure the repatriation of passengers under the conditions set out in article R. 211-31. For the application of the provisions of this article, credit institutions established in the Pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-33

…e reasons to assume that a Member State holds information falling within the scope of Article 695-9-31 useful for the prevention of an offence or for investigations to establish proof thereof or to tr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…f the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Articles 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29 and 31 or, where applicable, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-30

The list of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5121-31 for which a stock shortage or a risk of a stock shortage is identified or has been declared to the Agence n…

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