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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-20

…ubstituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences, dans se…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-20

The practice of the activity defined in Article L. 222-7 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 : 1° Without having obtained a sports agent's licence or in disregard of a decis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Measures to assist production companies

Article 917-2

The calculation rates are set at :- 223.74% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €9,225,000;- 85.02% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-61

Consent to the execution of a will or gift between spouses (number 6 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, if the consent is equivalent t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-118

The abandonment of property or rights (number 98 in Table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° In the case of unilateral abandonment by separate deed, a fixed fee of €26.41;2° In the case of abandonm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing.

Article R313-13

Failure to publicise the company's name shall render it unenforceable against third parties under the conditions set out inarticle 30 of the aforementioned Decree of 4 January 1955.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

…87 [Redaction conforme au dernier alinéa de l'article 1er de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2013-679 DC du 4 décembre 2013], 706-95 à 706-103,706-105 and 706-106 are applicable to the inves…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

The public accountants who record extracts of judgements and settlements in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 66-136 of 4 March 1966 recover, under the same conditions as fines, the surchar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies with fifty or more employees

Article R2143-2

In companies, the number of union delegates is set as follows: 1° From 50 to 999 employees: 1 delegate; 2° From 1,000 to 1,999 employees: 2 delegates; 3° From 2,000 to 3,999 employees: 3 delegates; 4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition.

Article R1411-51

The members of each specialised commission and each standing technical committee elect their chairman and vice-chairman from among the qualified personalities. The term of office of the chairmen and v…

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