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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…t fall within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article L2372-1

…Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-56 and L. 225-79 to L. 225-93, L. 22-10-8 to L. 22-10-17 and L. 22-10-23 to L. 22-10-30 of the French Commercial Code.Notwithstanding the first paragraph, a special negot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-22

…ith Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations bear interest under the conditions set out in article L. 518-23.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: External fire protection

Article R2512-21-1

…words: "schéma interdépartemental d'analyse et de couverture des risques défini à l'article R. 1321-23 of the Defence Code"; 5° In III of article R. 2225-3, the words: "article L. 1424-2" are replaced…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4421-5-1

…g in a formation known as "heritage and architecture", whose powers are described in article R. 611-23 of the heritage code.It comprises:1° Three representatives of the State:a) The Prefect of Corsica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

…he regional council" and the words: "and the regional councils" are deleted; 3° In Articles R. 5211-23 and R. 5211-24, the words: "aux 1°, 2° et 3° de l'article L. 5211-43" are replaced by the words:…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

…filment depends on the duration of human life, other than the activities referred to in classes 22, 23 and 26.21. Marriage and childbirth: Any transaction involving the payment of a lump sum in the ev…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX octies: Taxe spéciale d'équipement au profit de l'établissement public Société du Grand Paris (Special equipment tax for Société du Grand Paris)

Article 1609 G

…onment is reduced by the revenue that this tax would have provided if the departmental tax rate for 2020 had been applied.The tax is established and collected according to the rules defined in the sev…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…appendix to the declaration mentioned in 1 of the same article 287 filed in respect of the month of September; 2° In other cases, no later than 25 October, when filing the appendix to the declaration…

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