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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-17

…the departments in each region is determined each year in such a way as to take into account, up to 70%, the capacity of the establishments and, up to 30%, changes in the school-age population. The 70…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article R775-17

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-25

Participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, wishing to publish a single report on their solvency and financial situation cont…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Plan

Article L742-25

The judgment adopting the plan makes it enforceable against all parties. The duration of the plan is set by the judge and may not exceed seven years. It may not exceed seven years.If the plan is not i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Special methods of collecting duties

Article 1723 ter

…of article 658, shall be recovered either in accordance with the procedures laid down when the loi n° 69-1168 du 26 décembre 1969, soit par voie d'apposition de timbre ou sur état, dans des condition…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-3

…positary, the management company and, where applicable, the sponsor referred to in IV of Article L. 214-175-1, the securitisation undertaking and its unitholders, debt security holders or shareholders…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R4641-19

The members of the Regional Committee are: 1° For the college of regional State administrations: a) The Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity or his representative and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-10

Except in the cases provided for in Chapter III of this Title, the decision to admit a minor to psychiatric care or to lift this measure is requested, depending on the situation, by the persons exerci…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary subsection: Prohibition on using the services of a person who has been the subject of an anti-doping sanction

Article R232-41-15

…s to whom athletes may not have recourse or whose services they may not seek under Article L. 232-9-1.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-14

…article…

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