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Showing 28612870 of 3518 articles for Art. CE 30 Dec 2010 n° 338197

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-45

…f approved civil security associations belong to the following categories: 1° Holders of the ambulance driver's state diploma instituted by the minister responsible for health; 2° Persons holding the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

The costs of vocational training are compensated in accordance with the procedure set out in Articles L. 1614-1, L. 1614-2 and L. 1614-3. A regional fund for continuing vocational training is created…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6314-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Martin exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public and private domains. The domain of the collectivity includes, in pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…ust obtain authorisation. This authorisation is granted to legal entities with their registered office in France or to branches established on French territory of credit institutions with their regist…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-2

…tiplied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by applying the difference between…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

…he town hall or, if the municipality does not own one, the rental of a house or hall to take its place; 2° Office and printing costs for the municipality's service and the costs of conserving the muni…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R162-5

…525-8 or a bureau de change, fails to withdraw from circulation, prior to issuing euro banknotes received from the public, banknotes which he has sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit; An em…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-1

…reation, a contiguous and unenclosed area with a population of more than 50,000, around one or more central municipalities with a population of more than 15,000. The population threshold of 15,000 doe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…que and Guyana under the conditions defined in article L. 2334-41;Local authorities in mainland France that meet the following three conditions:1° The local authority was eligible for the urban solida…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…ita income of urban departments benefit from an urban equalisation grant.A synthetic index of resources and charges for eligible urban departments is calculated for each eligible department, taking in…

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