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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-2

If the budget is not adopted before 15 April of the financial year to which it applies, or before 30 April of the year of the renewal of the deliberative bodies, the State representative in the depart…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-27

…date, the customer of the credit institution, finance company or AIF referred to in Article L. 313-23 who is the beneficiary of the slip may not, without the agreement of the credit institution, fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-2

…ent of the person concerned having been obtained under the conditions set out in III of article L. 1231-1 of the Public Health Code or without the authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-25

…e evidence from the evaluation of clinical data within the meaning of Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-2

The prohibition provided for in article L. 1453-3, subject to the reservations provided for in articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, applies to the persons mentioned in article L. 1451-1 as well as to pers…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title Ia: Home insurance

Article L215-2

…epresented by its managing agent, subject to the insurance obligation set out in article 9-1 of law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the status of co-ownership of built-up properties, who has a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 ter

…h they are incurred, if they are carried out in application of the provisions of the amended law of 27 September 1941 regulating archaeological excavations, the amended law no. 76-629 of 10 July 1976…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIIa: Basic excess

Article 293 G

I. - The taxable persons referred to in III of article 293 B who meet the conditions for exemption and who have not opted for payment of value added tax are excluded from the benefit of the exemption…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-21

…the European Economic Area, pursuant to Article L. 311-31, Article L. 311-36, II of Article L. 311-42 or II of Article L. 311-48, the resolution college shall notify the competent authorities of the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R336-2

…ch portfolio and each category of investment, details the transactions referred to in articles R. 332-45 to R. 332-48 and carried out during the past period and sets, for these transactions, the limit…

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