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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

…is contribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insured with each of them on 31 March 2002, in application of article L. 752-1 of the Rural Code, as it read prior to 1 April 2002,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-7

…t fault or negligence are defined in Annex 1 of the said Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 916-38

…tractive technological range, exceptional selective financial aid will be awarded until 31 December 2021 to companies or organisations, whatever their field of activity, which contribute, through the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-1

…ese funds are returned to users who are exempted from the declaration provided for inArticle L. 622-24 of the French Commercial Code. For the claim corresponding to the funds that could not be returne…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Thresholds

Article R2211-2

The value of the partnership contract taken into account for the purposes of applying the threshold mentioned in article R. 2211-1 is the value estimated at the time the invitation to tender is sent t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 23: Animal feed

Article R412-39

…1 of Article 20, paragraphs 1 to 7 of Article 21, Articles 22 and 23, paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 24, paragraph 4 of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article R7226-26

…al to the allowance that may be allocated to a member of the Council, as defined in article R. 7226-24, increased by a coefficient of 1.9. The members of the bureau, other than the vice-presidents, re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Rules applicable to certain global contracts

Article L2171-1

The following are global contracts awarded by way of derogation from the principle of allotment:1° Design-build contracts;2° Global performance contracts;3° Global sectoral contracts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-73

…ditions as the representatives of the département in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-24-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Digital asset service providers

Article L572-25

…cle L. 571-2 are applicable to proceedings relating to offences under articles L. 572-23 and L. 572-24.

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