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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5722-10

A syndicat mixte benefiting from transfers of competence provided for by the article 30 of law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities may receive from its membe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-32

By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-29, a general-purpose investment fund may invest, in accordance with the principle of risk spreading, up to 100% of its assets in different eligible financi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-10

In order to encourage the creation or expansion of economic activities in the regional aid areas delimited by Decree no. 2022-968 of 30 June 2022 on regional aid areas and investment aid areas for sma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-31

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor shall notify the automated national criminal records department of judgments and rulings declaring that a person is not criminally responsible on account…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance

Article D5134-41

For the application of article L. 5134-30-2, the département's monthly contribution to the financing of the aid is equal to 88% of the lump sum mentioned in article L. 262-2 of the Code de l'action so…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

I. - The provisions of the single chapter of Title II of Book VI of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below are applicable in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

The surveys provided for in articles R. 1334-20 to R. 1334-22 as well as the periodic assessment of the state of preservation provided for in article R. 1334-27 and the visual examination provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-10

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to request the appointment of the institution's statutory auditors or to convene them to any general meeting is punishable by two years' imprisonment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-8

As stated in article 511-25-1 of the French Criminal Code , reproduced below: "Is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros: 1° Importing or exporting gametes or germ tissue wit…

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