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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L3542-1

The expenditure mentioned in 7°, 8°, 10° bis, 11° and 14° of article L. 3321-1. Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 3123-20-2 mean compulsory contributions for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-19

…reduction may not be less than 20% of these allowances per unjustified absence from plenary sessions. It may not, in total, exceed half of the maximum monthly allowance that may be allocated to each…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-59

When the penal composition has taken place following the commission of an offence provided for by articles 222-19-1 or 222-20-1 of the Penal Code or articles L. 234-1 or L. 234-8 of the Highway Code o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D14

…their own initiative or on the instructions of the public prosecutor or their hierarchical superiors. In the context of proceedings for a flagrant crime or misdemeanour, they are authorised to interv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European Investigation Order by the French judicial authorities

Article D47-1-2

…nex A to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the European Investigation Order in criminal matters.It shall be translated, if necessary, into the language or one of the languages that the executing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions concerning the marketing and use of substances and mixtures classified as hazardous

Article R1342-21

…heir use, they are stored in a place or location to which unauthorised persons are not allowed access.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article A36-14

Where the law provides that the public prosecution may be extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, a person who has received a fixed fine notice following an offence established in the manner prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-7

…ing resulting from the decreeR. 131-11 to R. 131-152005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-16 and R. 131-17n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-18n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-20 and R. 131-21n° 2011-243…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R732-7

…ing resulting from the decreeR. 131-11 to R. 131-152005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-16 and R. 131-17n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-18n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-20 and R. 131-21n° 2011-243…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R733-7

…ing resulting from the decreeR. 131-11 to R. 131-152005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-16 and R. 131-17n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-18n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-20 and R. 131-21n° 2011-243…

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