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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-13

The approved budget and administrative accounts are made public.The place where they are made available to the public is the local authority's town hall.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Agricultural and rural credit unions

Article L512-60

The caisses de Crédit mutuel agricole et rural are governed by the rules set out in section 3, with the exception of the provisions specifically relating to the caisses de Crédit agricole mutuel subje…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-21

The Bibliothèque nationale de France shall give an annual account, in a report to the minister responsible for culture and the minister responsible for disabled people, of the conditions for selecting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-21

The presentation to the general meeting of the credit institution or finance company concerned of the draft resolutions mentioned in article R. 511-20 is governed by the rules of the French Commercial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-21

The Commission sits in plenary session. However, when it examines individual questions relating to medical staff, it sits in a restricted formation, with only the representatives mentioned in 1° of ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385

The decisive oath may be referred on any kind of dispute and in any case.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-21

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in 4° of Article L. 210-10 is designated from among the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-149

I.-1° The reading committees responsible for selecting projects concerning a director's first feature-length cinematographic work are made up of the co-presidents of the committee provided for in arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

For cinematographic works in the animation genre, points are divided into six groups as follows: I.-Production company and authors" group A maximum of 35 points are allocated to the "Production compan…

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