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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article L4414-4

The Ile-de-France region benefits from the allocation of the share, set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, of the proceeds from the increase in the tariff of police fines relating to road traffic, in ac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-9

In the absence of voluntary enforcement of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force…

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

Article R3332-2

The proportional royalty per kilowatt-hour produced on hydropower is determined in accordance with the provisions adopted for the application of article 67 of law n° 53-79 of 7 February 1953 and relat…

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

Article A444-153

Estimates and contracts (numbers 153 and 154 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the case of estimates and sales contracts, according to the following scale:Base scale…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

…ended contract. It entitles the employee to compensation, payable by the employer, which may not exceed one month's salary.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4313-3

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 4313-2 are forwarded to the region.They are communicated by the region to regional elected representatives who so request, under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-111-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 71-111-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-4

…the same Regulation. In addition, the following are required to declare their activities to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under conditions specified by regul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-7

…icable In the wording resulting from L. 621-6 law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-7 with the exception of 4° of its IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-7-2 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 Apri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-29

…h decision to authorise the creation, transformation or extension of a social establishment or service, or a health establishment or service, taken by him pursuant to the Articles 37 to 43 and 46 de l…

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