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Showing 21612170 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article LO6371-5

…lobal grant for school construction and equipment instituted by article L. 6364-5 and, for the balance, by the allocation of a global compensation grant entered in the State budget. The Finance Act sp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-68

…of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, as well as the legal entities providing services mentioned in the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-37

The implementation and updating of the processing operations shall be supervised by a senior public prosecutor, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, assisted by a committee o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article R2251-2

…f 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding thes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-13

Masters of ceremony who may avail themselves of the provisions of article R. 2223-50 are deemed to satisfy the diploma requirement mentioned in Article L. 2223-25-1.Funeral advisers and similar person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

In application of Article 31 of the aforementioned Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, a decree in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the National Commission for Information Technology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 F bis

…is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020 or the first financial year ending after that date. If the amount of the tax credit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Adjustments to aid for small and medium-sized farms

Article 919-101

…ized cinemas, the deadline for completion of the project and presentation of the corresponding invoices, stipulated in the agreement mentioned in article 232-33 or, where applicable, in the extension…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority

Article R331-23

…ation, gives an account of the guidelines it has set, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 331-28, with regard to the procedures for exercising and the scope of the private copy exception and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R4341-3

…p by the President of the Regional Council, showing expenditure which, having been committed before 31 December of the previous year, has not been mandated before the end of the financial year. This s…

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