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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16

I. - The communauté de communes automatically exercises, in place of the member communes, the competences falling within each of the following groups: 1° Spatial planning for the implementation of act…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-45, A. 123-47, A. 123-50, A. 134-2)

Article Annexe III

…eneral partnerships or limited partnerships, copy of the insertion. Where applicable, copy of the receipt for filing of the company's constitutive deeds filed with the registry prior to the applicatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2-1

The professional practice standard relating to the specific principles applicable to the audit of consolidated financial statements, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: NEP 600. Spe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…adcasting a motor sport competition containing direct or indirect tobacco advertising and taking place in a country where tobacco advertising is prohibited, as well as broadcasting, by means other tha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R773-39

…ly ipso jure in New Caledonia: 1° Articles R. 561-1 to R. 561-38-9; 2° Article R. 561-39 with the exception of the third paragraph; 3° Articles R. 561-40 to R. 561-42; 4° Article R. 561-42-1 with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R774-39

…ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1° Articles R. 561-1 to R. 561-38-9; 2° Article R. 561-39 with the exception of the third paragraph; 3° Articles R. 561-40 to R. 561-42; 4° Article R. 561-42-1 with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…two deductions made from the twelfths provided for in article L. 3332-1-1 of this code, in accordance with the procedures set out in II and III of this article. It is distributed among its beneficiar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

Heading 0-Common parts 01. Quality of the authorising officer (1) (2) (1) As part of the control of the status of the authorising officer that accounting officers are required to carry out in respect…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…orised person, a penal composition to a natural person who admits having committed one or more offences punishable as a principal penalty by a fine or a prison sentence of up to five years, as well as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-5

…t to corporation tax that it has acquired or subscribed to outside this account, subject to compliance with the following conditions: 1° The company issuing these units or shares meets the conditions…

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