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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2311-5

…ng on local tax rates provided for in Article 1639 A of the General Tax Code, the municipal council may, in respect of the financial year ended and before the adoption of its administrative account, c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-54

…the supervisory board and statutory auditor;As regards the statutory auditor, the business address may be declared instead of the domicile;3° Where the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° above are legal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-5

Local authorities and their groupings may grant semi-public companies engaged in the construction or management of housing subsidies or advances intended for housing programmes, and their annexes, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R122-5

…in which the registered office of the sports association or sports company is located. The Prefect may, by means of a reasoned order issued after consulting the sports federation concerned or the pro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septdecies

Customs and excise officials and the other persons mentioned in Article L. 5112-1-22 of the Transport Code may disclose to each other, either spontaneously or on request, all documents and information…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Automatic transfer

Article L324-5

…to an ex officio portfolio transfer procedure, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, if it considers that the natural or legal persons, other than the agents and employees of insur…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax.

Article L422-5

The rules relating to the introduction, under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-21 of the General Local Authorities Code, of the tourist tax or the flat-rate tourist tax, by mixed associations…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-5

…or distribution approval to be granted;3° It must have had a final production cost of less than :- 500,000 for documentaries;- €4,000,000 for fiction;- €7,000,000 for animation.In this context, the a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: State occupation and concession assets

Article L3132-5

…n the works established on the property of a public entity or certain real rights over these assets may not prevent the return of these assets free of charge to the assets of the public entity, subjec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-5

…l meetings, having regard to the number of shares he holds, and the maximum number of votes that he may have regardless of the number of shares. The Articles of Association of each Banque Populaire in…

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