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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-17

The mayor, the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, sworn municipal or inter-communal civil servants and all law enforcement officers are qualified to record by offici…

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

Article R2334-17

The establishment of undue payments on the representative accommodation allowance is made by the State services under the conditions laid down by a joint order of the ministers of national education a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-17

Applications from associations wishing to benefit from the provisions of article L. 2511-24 are sent to the arrondissement mayor. The arrondissement mayor is required to register applications submitte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-17

During the reparation procedure, mediation, penal composition, appearance on prior recognition of guilt, the person may be assisted by his guardian or curator, if present, when appearing before the pu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17

When a convicted person serves one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to five years, the prison administration must, at least one month before the duration of the se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-17

I. - With the exception of the contribution referred to in Article L. 612-20, the penalty payment provided for in Article L. 612-25 and the penalty payments and sanctions provided for in Articles L. 6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-17

When the AMF's debts, other than the duties and contributions mentioned in Article L. 621-5-3, cannot be recovered out of court, proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with commercial practice o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R775-17

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R782-17

The duties of members of the Credit Advisory Committee are free of charge.Members of the Committee who are not civil servants or State employees are treated in the same way for the purposes of reimbur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R783-17

The duties of members of the Credit Advisory Committee are free of charge.Members of the Committee who are not civil servants or State employees are treated in the same way for the purposes of reimbur…

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