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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-14

…ure;8° Actual operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt / actual operating revenue;9° Gross capital expenditure / actual operating revenue;10° Outstanding debt / actual operating reve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-14

…nditure;8° Real operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt / real operating revenue;9° Gross capital expenditure / real operating revenue;10° Outstanding debt / real operating revenue.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-14

…ister responsible for the economy on the basis of the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 464-9, or by a competition authority of another Member State of the European Union on the basis of equiv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-147

Committee members are appointed for a renewable term of one year. Their term of office begins on 1 January of each year.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-147

…n mentioned in article D. 212-70. This federation holds the delegation instituted by article L. 131-14. However, the candidate may be exempted from the technical test if he or she provides an attestat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-14

…y set up revenue and expenditure imprest accounts under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to revenue and imprest accounts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-14

…kg per day and whose discharges occur in a sensitive area defined in articles 6 and 7 of decree no. 94-469 of 3 June 1994, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is more stringent treatment tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-1

…is section relates to the European order for payment procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-142

…a proportional fee, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 1.290% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.532% From €17,000 to €60,000 0.355% More than €60,000 0.266%

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-149

The transfer of assets by a debtor to his creditors (number 148 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the value of the assets, according to the following scale:Tranches of…

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