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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: The gender equality and anti-discrimination officer and the safety and security officer

Article D1424-20-3

The gender and anti-discrimination referent and the safety and security referent are appointed jointly by the prefect and the chairman of the fire and rescue service's board of directors, for a term s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-1

…gents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman and peddler mentioned in article 22 of law no. 91-1 of 3 January 1991 tending to develop employment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article R49-20-1

The procedures for appointing, performing their duties and swearing in the specialist assistants provided for in Article 628-9 are those laid down by the articles R. 50 bis to R. 50 sexies.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

…ualify for the tax credit, the equipment mentioned in a must be: 1° Paid for between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2023 as part of work carried out on a completed dwelling; > 2° Integrated into an ac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 ter B

…uly 1901 or governed by the local law maintained in force in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle ;2° Non-profit organisations of a religious nature;3° Professional trade unions and thei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 ter A

Local mutual agricultural credit unions taxable under 2° of 6 of article 206 do not include in their taxable income the interest paid on the shares they hold in the capital of the funds with which the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-20-1

…due to a leak in a drinking water pipe after the meter, excluding leaks due to household appliances and sanitary or heating equipment.II. - When the drinking water utility notices an abnormal increase…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-20

…sion du contentieux du stationnement payant is chaired by a magistrate of the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal with the rank of president, appointed by decree of the President…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-1

…is confirmed, he or she is obliged to inform the members of his or her family who may be concerned and whose contact details he or she or, where applicable, his or her legal representative has or can…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-20

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person who has been released on parole, unless this measure has been revoked. When security detention is ordered in respect of a person who has been se…

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