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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting system.

Article R121-18

The school's budget and annual accounts are drawn up for each year from 1st January to 31st December.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

…bis HA and 238 bis HD as drafted by Article 22 of the Amending Finance Act for 1986 (no. 86-824 of 11 July 1986). The benefit of the exemption is subject to the conditions that the purchaser undertak…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L765-1

…ns are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-1

…sions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by operation of law…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

…e person concerned holds the corresponding qualifications. However, doctors who qualified before 31 December 1952, veterinary surgeons and dentists who qualified before 31 July 1950, and midwives who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-10

…articles R. 6145-13 to R. 6145-18 and in compliance with the conditions set out in article R. 6145-11.The budget may, where necessary, be the subject of amending decisions set by the Director, either…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…erators authorised on the basis of Article 21 of Law2010-476 of 12 May 2010 . Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-2-1 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…from this scheme. The départements participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the solidar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-14

…e year after publication in accordance with the conditions and procedures set out in article R. 228-11 if, during this period, the persons in whose name the registration was made or their successors i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contribution of the armed forces health service to other public health initiatives

Article R6147-134

…zonal mobilisation plan mentioned in article R. 3131-6 and the system mentioned in article L. 3131-11 include the measures specified by the protocol mentioned in I of article L. 6147-11, in particula…

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