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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R114-3

…national du cinéma et de l'image animée is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget management and accounting. However, notwithstandin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-58

…e same conditions as the members of the bodies which he may attend pursuant toArticle 222 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget management and accounting, the documents sent to t…

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

Article 1424-1

…of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure. Where Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recog…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-6

…apply to group insurance contracts and memberships concluded or taken out no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and memberships tacitly renewed after this date. However, articles A. 11…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18

The provisions of article L. 2334-17 apply for the calculation of the synthetic index of resources and charges for municipalities with 5,000 to 9,999 inhabitants, subject to the substitution of the na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-16

…udget and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-1

Articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18 set out the conditions for the organisation, operation and control of the revenue, advance and imprest accounts of local authorities and their public establishments, e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-67

…epted without distinction of line :Base rangesApplicable rateFrom €0 to €6,5004.837%From €6,500 to €17,0001,995%From €17,000 to €60,0001.330%Over €60,0000.998%2° According to the following scale, in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…it received the previous year. By way of derogation, municipalities that ceased to be eligible in 2017 following the capping of their population in application of the last five paragraphs of this arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-4

…lumn of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 421-1 to L. 421-7-2Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 421-7-3 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 421-7-4 and L. 421-7-5 Or…

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