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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-43

…s grouped within electoral colleges determined according to the demographic size of the communes;2° 30% by representatives of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax sy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition of the national health strategy

Article R1411-2

…egional multi-annual action plans for improving the relevance of care referred to in article L. 162-30-4 of the Social Security Code;10° Interdepartmental support programmes for disability and loss of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-38

…an referred to in article L. 1434-2 ; -the areas of the regional plan mentioned in articles R. 1434-30, R. 1434-31 under the conditions set out in article R. 1434-32; 2° It is consulted by the Regiona…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…uency no regional chamber of agriculture operates or in the case of a regional chamber and at least 30% for other chambers, is repaid by the departmental or interdepartmental chambers of agriculture t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-13

…event of compulsory liquidation, rank below the commitments mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 613-30-3. V.-When the collège de résolution notes that, within a category of eligible commitments, the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

…finance bonds issued by sociétés de financement de l'habitat in application of I of article L. 513-30, other preferential resources mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 513-2, or bonds issued by a cred…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…a competitiveness cluster within the meaning ofArticle 24 of the French FinanceAct no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 ; b) A grant has been awarded by the European Commission or by any body to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-16-1

Subject to inadmissibility raised ex officio by the Institute, the examination phase referred to in Article L. 712-5 begins on expiry of the additional period referred to in the last paragraph of Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…idence being destroyed or serious harm to persons or property, the operations mentioned in Article 230-32 may be set up or prescribed by a judicial police officer. The latter shall immediately inform,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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