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

Article D6262-28

…od of one month from notification of the notice giving the formal notice referred to in Article D. 6262-26, the local authority or its public establishment concerned shall make the necessary appropria…

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

Article D6362-28

…f one month from notification of the notice giving the formal notice referred to in Article D. 6362-26, the local authority or its public establishment concerned shall make the necessary appropriation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-6

…ourt may order the disqualification from civic, civil and family rights provided for in article 131-26 of the Criminal Code and the disqualification, for a maximum of five years, from exercising a pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Historic buildings

Article D1421-8

…ic establishments or public utility establishments are set out in the provisions of articles R. 622-26 to R. 622-31 of the French Heritage Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

…of Article 4(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.A mixed parent undertaking of a finance company is a parent undertaking other than a cr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…to in the fourth paragraph of this 1° applies first to products attached to premiums paid before 27 September 2017, then, for products attached to premiums paid from that same date and where the optio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other powers

Article L785-9

…of 22 June 2017 L. 621-18-2 law no. 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-18-3 Order no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 621-18-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-18-6 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-34

…taking shall offer him, under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph ofArticle L. 1251-26, one or more contracts taking effect within a maximum of three working days after the expiry of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-6

…n clauses mentioned in Articles L. 511-6 and L. 512-2 or Article 1 of the New York Convention of 28 September 1954 relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or of a refusal or termination of protect…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

…Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies in their investment policies, the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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