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

Article R3551-6-9

…an Union, the State, territorial authorities and public establishments ;3° Proceeds from borrowings;4° Depreciation charges on movable and immovable property;5° Write-backs of depreciation and provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-3

…n, pharmaceutical form, strength, route of administration and the animal or animals of destination; 4° The quantities imported; 5° The desired duration of import operations; 6° The purpose of the impo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-41

I. - When the preventive resolution plans are drawn up and each time they are updated, the resolution board shall assess the extent to which the persons concerned can either be wound up in accordance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

Subject to III of articles L. 312-20 of this Code, L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, sums deposited in any capacity whatsoever with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consign…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-14

…ocument acknowledging receipt by the recipient organisation, for each of the staff mentioned in 2° ;4° A copy of the nominative social declaration provided for in Article R. 133-14 of the Social Secur…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Seizure

Article R211-3

…who carried out the seizure; 3° The designation of the court before which disputes may be brought; 4° An indication, in the event of an account seizure, of the amount of the maintenance sum left avai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22

…r thirteen years of age at the time of the acts that are the subject of the European arrest warrant;4° (repealed)5° If it is established that the said arrest warrant was issued for the purpose of pros…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-7

If the woman is an unemancipated minor, the consent of one of the holders of parental authority or, where applicable, the legal representative is obtained. This consent is attached to the request that…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-11

…o a foreign version of a dialogue continuity known as a "script", the presentation file or the log; 4° Production or purchase of a foreign-language voice-over; 5° Reformatting into an international fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1734

Refusal to provide the documents and information requested by the administration in the exercise of its right of disclosure or any behaviour that impedes disclosure will result in the application of a…

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