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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Housing Solidarity Fund (R)

Article R1614-40-4

Agreements between the State and the département may provide for: - the transmission of computer media that comply with the specifications of national information systems, in place of standardised doc…

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

Article R561-62

…reproduce the provisions of I and of the first paragraph and second paragraph of II of Article R. 561-63.If the letter is returned with a statement that it has not been collected by the addressee, th…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-4

TABLE SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL DATA FOR THE LAST THREE FINANCIAL YEARS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE NOTIFICATION FILE FOR A MERGER OPERATIONName of entity: ... No SIREN (in the case of a French company): ...Cons…

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

Article L3334-7

…nts ne répondant pas aux conditions démographiques mentionnées au premier alinéa de l'article L. 3334-6-1.Departments whose per capita financial potential is more than twice the average per capita fin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Normal operating mode

Article 726

…ock companies traded on a regulated financial instruments market within the meaning of l'article L. 421-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code or on a multilateral trading facility within the meaning of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Liability

Article 413

Liability actions are barred after five years from the date on which the person concerned comes of age, even if the management would have continued beyond that date, or from the end of the measure if…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Liability

Article 412

All guardianship bodies are liable for damage resulting from any fault they commit in the performance of their duties.Where the fault causing the damage was committed in the organisation and operation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

…mation gathered in the course of statistical surveys carried out within the framework of Act no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 may under no circumstances be used for tax control or economic repression purpose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-20

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-23

The European Investigation Order shall be transmitted directly to the competent authorities of the executing State by any means which leaves a written record and establishes its authenticity. Any othe…

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