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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-13

The declarations mentioned in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-13

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale is the authorising officer for the revenue and expenditure corresponding to the second portion of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-13

The decrees in the Council of State provided for in Article L. 2335-12 are issued on the report of the Minister for the Interior, the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agricult…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Issuing and enforcing financial penalties pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 24 February 2005

Article D48-13

The Public Prosecutor shall transmit the financial penalty and its certificate to the competent authority of a single State of enforcement at a time, in accordance with the procedures laid down in art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-13

When, as a result of sentence reductions granted by the sentence enforcement judge, the sentenced person has no remaining sentence to serve, the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-13

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7, A. 37-8, A. 37-9 and A. 37-11, when the offences referred to in Article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code are recorded without intercepting the vehicle and using an automa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to victims and civil parties

Article D594-13

Without prejudice to the possibility for the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court hearing the case to order, of its own motion or at the request of the civil party, the translation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-13

The compensation paid to the person appointed by the judge to hear a minor pursuant to article 388-1 of the Civil Code is set at 40 euros for a natural person and 70 euros for a legal entity.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operations

Article R515-13

The agency may represent French or foreign finance companies and credit institutions, as well as the European Union, States or international institutions or bodies under agreements entered into with t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-13

Where a banking and payment services intermediary carries out intermediation activities in more than one of the categories mentioned in I of Article R. 519-4, he must demonstrate that he meets the hig…

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