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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-5

No expenditure incurred on behalf of the local authority may be paid unless it has first been authorised by the local authority's chairman against a duly appropriated credit line..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D71-113-5

Programme authorisations and commitment authorisations for unforeseen expenditure constitute chapters, respectively, of the investment section and the operating section of budgets voted by nature and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4364-11-5

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-23

…ers granted to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-23

The "research and discovery" (RD) label is awarded in particular in consideration of the number of arthouse cinematographic works represented in establishments qualified as "research and discovery" an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Selective financial aid

Article 232-23

The award of selective financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinematographic entertainment establishments is subject to the provisions of exempted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-117-5

The portfolio transfers referred to in Article L. 324-1 of the Code, relating to companies reinsured under the conditions defined in Article R. 322-117-1, are carried out by the mutual insurance assoc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 23

By way of derogation from articles 21 and 22 above, export bans may, until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D. 2335-23

I.-The fixed portion provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2335-16 amounts to €9,000. The variable portion provided for in the same paragraph is allocated according to the following scale…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 23

The persons mentioned in Article 22 may be requested by the public prosecutor, investigating judge and judicial police officers to assist them.

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