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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-4

…he operating section may include: 1° Proceeds from the fee for the removal of household refuse from camping sites, the special fee or the fee for the removal of refuse, waste and residues; 2° Proceeds…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-5-1

…e-Terre Basse-Terre Bastia Bastia Besançon Besançon Bordeaux Bordeaux Châteauroux Bourges Coutances Caen Cayenne Cayenne Annecy Chambéry Strasbourg Colmar Dijon Dijon Lille Douai Fort-de-France Fort-d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R421-12

…0 or L. 421-13, the multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "talent passport-European Blue Card" provided for in article L. 421-11 and the multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article D814-58-3

In accordance with article L. 814-13, the following procedural acts:1° Concerning claims:a) The request and information provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 621-19 ;b) The declaration pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-18

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-6

For the application of article L. 5428-1 in Mayotte, the words: "subject to the application of the provisions of articles L. 131-1, L. 241-2, L. 242-13 and L. 711-2 of the Social Security Code" are re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ban on smoking in certain public places

Article R3512-2

The ban on smoking in places designated for collective use mentioned in article L. 3512-8 applies: 1° In all enclosed and covered places open to the public or which are workplaces; 2° In means of publ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-3

The deliberations and clauses of treaties or specifications which, prior to the date of entry into force of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, have provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-9

…94-504 du 22 juin 1994 portant dispositions budgétaires et comptables relatives aux collectivités locales.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R451-3

Failure to implement procedures for the withdrawal or recall of a foodstuff other than a product of animal origin or a foodstuff containing such a product that is unfit for consumption, within the mea…

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