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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…sibility for the absence of a written contract (CE, Sect. 8 February 2012, CCAS de Polaincourt, req N°340698). 4121. Written public contracts that do not refer to a set of general administrative claus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27

The professional practice standards relating to the justification of assessments in the statutory auditor's reports on the annual and consolidated financial statements, approved by the Minister of Jus…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available electronic communications services shall communicate, pursuant to 1° of Article L. 224-27-1, the following information: 1° For…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 561-46, the persons with access to all information relating to beneficial owners are as follows: 1° Judicial officers, for the purposes of carrying out th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article A711-1

I.-The six seats for staff representatives on the national joint committee of the chambers of commerce and industry provided for in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6-1

…ation allowance provided for in article L. 3334-4 in its wording prior to the Finance Act for 2005 (n° 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004) are taken into account. This provision does not apply to departmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe D

Specification of the information that must appear on the statement of account for the payment of an advanceThe statement of account must highlight all of the following elements: a) Where applicable, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-2

I. - The provisions of Chapter III of Title III of Book III of this Part are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the adaptations provided for in II: Article R. 1333…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-2 (art. A312-3)

APPENDIX III-2 (ARTICLE A. 312-3) DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE DOCUMENTS LISTED IN ARTICLE A. 312-3 RELATING TO THE APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SPORTS VENUES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Item 1 The general info…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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