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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-22-1

…cillor may not be involved in such a request more than once a year. No task may be created from 1st January of the calendar year preceding the year of the general renewal of the municipal councils. Th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-28

The budgetary and accounting year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The College shall adopt the Agency's provisional budget each year before the beginning of the financial year. The budget…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-5

…bacco product or an ingredient defined in article L. 3512-2 which was placed on the market before 1 January 1990 by an undertaking which is legally and financially distinct from any undertaking which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-2

Unless otherwise provided by law, the prices of goods, products and services covered prior to 1 January 1987 by Ordinance no. 45-1483 of 30 June 1945 are freely determined by competition.However, in s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…he respective powers granted to them by the articles of this Book and by Council Regulation (EC) No 139 / 2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings and by Council R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grouping of departments

Article L3114-1

…departments concerned includes mountain areas within the meaning of article 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 on the development and protection of mountain areas. Its opinion is deemed to be favour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Development of marine resources.

Article L4433-16

…614-1 of this code and Article 11 of Law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing Law No. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division of powers between municipalities, departments, regions and the State. L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-4

…n is subject to a second allocation between the region, the département and the communes, before 31 January of the following year, in proportion to their respective principal shares. In the départemen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 863

…by way of compensation for his loss :benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 relating to actions for civil damages by the State and certain other public persons;ben…

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

Article LO6262-9

…payments resulting from the budgetary modifications thus decided must be completed no later than 31 January following the financial year to which they relate.

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