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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Copies of criminal record files

Article R73

Where the communication of conviction notices is provided for by international conventions, copies of the records are drawn up and transmitted, by letter, fax or secure electronic means, by the automa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L744-2

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article R2334-5-1

For the application of the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 2334-18-2, the population of the priority neighbourhoods of the urban policy and the population of the urban free zones take…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-2

The information referred to in a of 8°, 9°, 13° and 14° of article R. 3243-1 is worded and ordered and, for the items payable by the employer, grouped together in accordance with a model defined by or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-7

Administrators judiciaire and mandataires judiciaires shall declare, by 31 January at the latest, to the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et mandataires judiciaires the conditions unde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465

In regional aid areas and for operations carried out from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…total does not exceed 43 million euros";25° In Article R. 2151-14, the words "Regulation (EC) No 75/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2641-1

…tal does not exceed 43 million euros"; 25° In Article R. 2151-14, the words "Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156 bis

I. - The benefit of the provisions of Article 156 specific to buildings classified or registered as historic monuments, or having received the label issued by the Fondation du patrimoine pursuant to a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Powers.

Article L121-1

…contracts with the regions under the conditions set out in articles 11 and 12 of law no. 82-653 of 29 July 1982 on planning reform and article L. 4251-1 of the General Code for Local Authorities.

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