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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-48

The Budget Controller draws up an a posteriori control programme on the basis of the risks identified, which may relate to the quality of the budgetary accounts kept or the sustainability of the budge…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

Notice of the hearing is sent to the parties at least thirty days before the day on which the case is due to be heard.For cases covered by Article L. 532-7 where the decision of the French Office for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-24

A creditor applying to be appointed as controller pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 621-10 must make a declaration to the registry. He shall indicate the amount of his claim(s) and, where…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-10

The official statement of offence referred to in Article A. 37-1 is orange in colour and its characteristics are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, are the details provided for in I o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation for damage resulting from the implementation of health measures mentioned in articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 and L. 3135-1

Article R3131-1

I. - Claims for compensation under the out-of-court procedure provided for in articles L. 3131-4 and L. 3135-3 in respect of the losses defined in the same articles shall be addressed to the Office na…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-10

The consolidated accounts may be prepared using, in addition to the valuation methods provided for in articles L. 123-18 to L. 123-21, the valuation methods laid down by a regulation of the Autorité d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for sales by mutual agreement.

Article R642-36

The authorisation for the sale by mutual agreement of one or more properties, issued pursuant to article L. 642-18, determines the price of each property and the essential terms of the sale. The order…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article R315-2

The indemnity, if any, payable by the borrower, provided for in article L. 315-17, may not exceed an amount corresponding to the following terms and conditions: 1° Where the capital amount of the loan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 78

People summoned by a judicial police officer for the purposes of an investigation are obliged to appear. The judicial police officer may, with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor, compel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1758 A

I. - Late filing or failure to file the declarations that must be filed in order to establish income tax, as well as inaccuracies or omissions noted in these declarations, which have the effect of red…

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