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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section unique : Bons de caisse

Article L232-1

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in articles 313-1, 313-7 and 313-8 of the French Criminal Code for an issuer to make available annual financial statements that are inaccurate and falsely a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L442-1

The references to the Code Général des Collectivités Territoriales in Articles L. 422-3 to L. 422-8 and L. 422-11 to L. 422-15 are replaced, where applicable, by the provisions of the Code des Commune…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: French Health Products Safety Agency.

Article L5523-1

…le in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting from Order no. 202…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVII: Tax credit for organic farming

Article 244 quater L

…63 under the organic production method in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-18

…orsican local authority resulting from the partnership contracts provided for in Article L. 1414-1 ;8° An appendix showing the debt relating to the investment portion of partnership contracts;9° A pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-9

The sports teaching annexes referred to in article D. 2321-8 are either sports facilities integrated into the establishment and managed directly by the latter, or external facilities, whether contiguo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R3313-2

…t it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by the article 92 of Finance Act 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 for 2014, this local authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-16

…sponding to direct labour transferred to the investment section is excluded. For the application of 8°, expenditure corresponding to direct labour and charges transferred to the investment section are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-16

…sponding to direct labour transferred to the investment section is excluded. For the application of 8°, expenditure corresponding to direct labour and charges transferred to the investment section are…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-7

…and where at least one of the minor's parents holds a residence permit not listed in article L. 414-8, the circulation document for foreign minors is valid for five years.It may be valid for less than…

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