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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

…same controls as those provided for in d and e of 2° of the article 19 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management;- when the agent recovers undue payments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

…cial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating to the matters set o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-27

…enable them to understand its content, in particular that of the box referred to in Article L. 312-28; f) The explanations to be given to the borrower to inform him of the rights and obligations refe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…cle 1609 quinquies C , of V of article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code and of article L. 5211-28-4 of this code. This repayment constitutes a compulsory expense for the public establishment of i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions

Article L5216-8

…arantie individuelle des ressources;10° Le cas échéant, le produit des taxes prévues aux articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;11° The fraction of value-added tax provided for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…in the Internal Market referred to in paragraph 6 of Article 3 of the aforementioned Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 for the purposes of entering…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-152-2

…re electronic signature of the registrar who drew them up, as defined by the décret n° 2017-1416 du 28 septembre 2017 relatif à la signature électronique; 4°They must be stored under conditions that p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Dissolution and transformation.

Article L5215-42

…nd obligations takes place, after the opinion of a commission composed as stated in article L. 5215-28. The community's personnel are allocated between the member municipalities or any of their cooper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

…order to ensure compliance with the health safety rules mentioned in articles R. 1211-25 to R. 1211-28-1, in accordance with the rules of good practice defined by the decree provided for in Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-29

The applications referred to in article R. 6122-28, with the exception of the renewal applications referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 6122-10, may only be received during periods and in…

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