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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

…and in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the Corsican local authority may deduct from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-17

…in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the'article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the metropolitan authority may deduct from th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-16

…in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the article 92 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the local authority may deduct from this outs…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-101-16

…in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the article 92 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the local authority may deduct from this outs…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 49

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices. 2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st Apri…

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

Article L1451-5

…a view to controlling the irregular accumulation of activities defined in article 25 septies of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, the appointing authori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R631-1

The application to open receivership proceedings is filed by the legal representative of the legal entity or by the individual debtor at the registry of the competent court.Attached to this applicatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

…as appropriate, to Articles 640 to 647 of the Code of Civil Procedure of New Caledonia or Articles 24 and 25 of Deliberation No 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the Code of Civil Procedure of Frenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-2

…nd column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 212-1 A Ordinance no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 212-1 Ordinance no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article R3332-13-1

…llocated to an open-ended investment company governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-24-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code or to an employee savings fund gover…

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