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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions and commitment of expenditure (R)

Article R4341-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-30

…ethod of payment of the expenditure under the conditions laid down by the decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6145-1

…tary, financial and accounting regime defined by the provisions of Title I of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, subject to the provisions of this secti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…sumption mentioned in the present article, as it stands on 31 December 2021, collected for the year 2022, increased by 1.5% or by 1% for the syndicates mentioned in article L. 5212-24, as well as the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…ations represented on the High Council for the Paramedical Professions mentioned in Decree no. 2007-974 of 15 May 2007, on the commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants menti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-2

…up the agreement referred to in I are those which, on the date of entry into force ofOrdinance no. 2022-1075 of 29 July 2022 on the development of climate risk management tools in agriculture, are ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…he adaptations provided for in II to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-2 law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 L. 5211-3 Order no. 2021-1310…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-8

…governed by the rules defined by articles 23-4 to 23-7 of the aforementioned Order no. 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 and by the provisions of this chapter.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-3

…o bailiffs by this code are carried out by the persons listed in article 183 of decree no. 548 of 2 November 1942, as amended, on the judicial organisation of the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…isations for the disclosure and free working of patents for invention referred to in Article L. 612-9, as well as, at the request of the Minister for Defence, the extension and lifting of prohibitions…

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