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

Article L4434-4

…lowing year, in proportion to their respective principal shares. In the départements of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and La Réunion, the first year in which a share of the proceeds of the tax is allocated unde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-159

If any of the information provided for in articles R. 123-156 to R. 123-158 is amended, an amending notice is inserted in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The notice contain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R1313-34

The budget includes in particular: 1° Revenue: a) Subsidies from the State, regional and local authorities and other public bodies; b) Subsidies from international organisations and the European Union…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines.

Article R2334-12

The sums allocated pursuant to articles R. 2334-10 and R. 2334-11 are used to finance the following operations:1° For public transport:a) Developments and equipment improving user safety, public recep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article D524-2

I. - For the purposes of c of I of article L. 524-3, the beneficial owner(s) is (are) the natural person(s) defined in accordance with the provisions of article R. 561-1. II. - The managers and benefi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Skills assessment

Article R6313-4

The skills assessment referred to in 2° of Article L. 6313-1 comprises, under the guidance of the service provider carrying out the assessment, the following three phases: 1° A preliminary phase desig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-3

I.-The establishment authorised with designation C has at least one qualified team comprising the following professions: 1° At least one doctor specialising in paediatrics, competent in cancerology an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-11

A minor child born in France to foreign parents may, from the age of sixteen, claim French nationality by declaration, under the conditions set out in articles 26 et seq if, at the time of his declara…

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

Article 230-12

…e, the national police and gendarmerie services and units responsible for a judicial police mission may implement, under the control of the judicial authorities, automated processing of personal data…

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

Article L1251-40

…ements or branch agreements concluded pursuant to Articles L. 1251-12 and L. 1251-35, this employee may claim from the user undertaking the rights corresponding to an open-ended employment contract ta…

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