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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Accountant's accounts (R)

Article D3342-12

…nt account rendered by the department's accountant presents the department's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including the operations of the supplementary day.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2 - Receipt and processing of requests for implementation of the individual right to training

Article D1621-12

…l elected representatives in respect of the individual right to training, mentioned in articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1 and L. 7227-12-1, is determined on the basis of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…privileged nature of a tax regime shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of article 238 A by comparison with the tax regime applicable to a company or collective entity mentioned in 1 o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for payment and repayment of financial aid

Article 121-5

To enable aid to be paid to a beneficiary, the latter must provide, in accordance with the procedures established by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the international standardised…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-9

At the end of the applicable period, the amounts affected by the lapse are withdrawn from the automatic account.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for payment and repayment of financial aid

Article 121-6

Where the aid to be repaid is automatic financial aid in the form of an investment allowance, the amount repaid is charged to the automatic account as soon as the sums concerned have not reached the e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to providers of participative financing services

Article L573-12

The penalties laid down inArticle 313-1 of the French Criminal Code shall apply to any person who engages in the activity of provider of equity crowdfunding services in breach of Articles L. 547-1 to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public companies and public industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L2522-12

…es in public undertakings and public industrial and commercial establishments with statutory status may be submitted to the conciliation procedure under ordinary law.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1223-1

…510 of the Civil Code relating to the communication of management accounts, the guardianship judge may, after pronouncement of the protective supervision judgment, authorise, upon justification of a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1223-2

…s of the deliberations of the family council and court decisions relating to the protection measure may only be issued to the parties and persons invested with guardianship responsibilities concerned…

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