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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 A

Local authorities, their groupings or their public establishments may, at their request, be subject to value added tax in respect of transactions relating to the following services: Water supply in mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11-1

Without prejudice to cases in which the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article 495-11 are not met, the president may refuse homologation if he considers that the nature of the facts, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Support for cultural industries

Article R1511-43-4

…s, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the collectivity of Saint-Martin and the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may not exceed 20% of the turnover of the company to which the establishment belo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-12

…ities covered by article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Barthélemy, in Saint-Martin, and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer shall exercise, in liaison…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-1

…ioned in I of Article 12 of the law of 28 December 2010 on public finance programming for the years 2011 to 2014, as well as public health establishments and health cooperation structures with public…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…tizenship for the persons residing in the department referred to in articles 21-2, 21-11, 21-12, 21-13-1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the use of counterfoil receipt books

Article A37-25

I. - On the front of slips no. 2, 3, 4 and 5, on the left-hand side of "B. Collection", the offender and the enforcement officers sign their names under the heading: "He acknowledges having been infor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-3

I. - The persons referred to in 13° of Article L. 561-2 are subject to the provisions of this chapter when, in the course of their professional activity:1° They participate in the name and on behalf o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-14

…ions of article L. 4311-2, the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may authorise, by order, a nurse who does not meet the conditions laid down in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article R4437-2

…a) Chapter I and Section 1 of Chapter II of Title III; b) Articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-7, R. 4432-13 and R. 4432-14 ; c) Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title III. II. - Articles R. 4313-1 to R. 4313-4 a…

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