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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-18

…documents are presented under the conditions defined in articles L. 2313-1, D. 6261-16 and D. 6261-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Doors and gates

Article R4224-12

…f inspections and any work carried out must be recorded in the file provided for in Article R. 4224-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…L. 4163-1. The penalty is recovered in accordance with the procedures defined in I ofArticle L. 114-17-2 of the Social Security Code and in the first paragraph of V of Article L. 114-17-1 of the same…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates.

Article D313-2

The rules governing the usury rate are set out in articles D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 of the French Consumer Code, which are reproduced below:"Art. D. 314-15 -The average effective rates charged during a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-2

…f expenditure incurred in the exercise of their powers on the assets referred to in Article L. 1424-17.By way of derogation, local authorities and their groupings benefit from allocations from the Val…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 decies

…ed in the first paragraph of article 163-0 A bis. (1) These provisions apply to capital paid from 1 January 1993.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

…cal Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to which it applies, the Director may, until the adoption of this budg…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 quater

…on of the tax base, the control and the collection of the tax can only relate to a period after 1st January of the second year preceding the year during which the existence of the claim was revealed t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-57

…cles 1 and 2 of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, the offence of conspiracy to commit such offences, or the offences referred to in Arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498 bis

…rmation relating to each of the premises mentioned in article 1498 of which they are tenants on 1st January of the year in which the declaration is filed. The list of information required is set by or…

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