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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-13

…authority. The vote of the territorial council approving the accounts must take place no later than 30 June of the year following the financial year. The administrative account is approved if a majori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-22

…Bulletin. This date starts the foreclosure period set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 613-30. Creditors whose claims have not been declared may be relieved of their foreclosure under the con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R782-6

…612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 612-28n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-29n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-29-1 and R. 612-29-2n° 2011-769 of 28 June…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article R1553-1

…de l'article R. 1331-32 ne sont pas applicables ;2° In the third paragraph of I of article R. 1331-30, the words: ", both hot and cold water for the shower room" are deleted;3° In Article R. 1331-59,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Paris Fire Brigade.

Article D2522-1

…all pay each year, in respect of the current financial year, advance payments each corresponding to 30% of their forecast contribution as it results from the amount of revenue entered for this purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of refusal of care

Article D4122-4-2

…Social Security Code, these commissions each submit an annual report to the Minister for Health, by 30 June at the latest. Each national council of the medical profession will make this report public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…d, exchanged, presented or compensated, multiplied by a rate, set by decree, which may not exceed 0.30 per thousand when the transaction is carried out on securities giving or capable of giving direct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status with more than 30,000 inhabitants with their headquarters in the territory of the region;3° bis In the Ile-de-Franc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…and 10 respectively of Regulation (EU) No 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1

…act;2° The outstanding commitments expressed in units of account under 4° and 5° of I do not exceed 30% of the contract's total outstanding commitments;3° For contracts covered by I bis of article 990…

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