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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6364-5

…ases in charges for the collectivity of Saint-Martin resulting from the transfer of powers to it.In 2008, its amount is 2,653,706 euros. This amount corresponds to the average annual amount of funding…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe VII

List of missions, programmes, actions established for the application of articles L. 2334-39 and R. 2334-19Mission: agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural affairs154 Programme: sustainable managem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51

…clusive exploitation right or by the holder of a licence granted under Articles L. 623-17 or L. 623-20, the applicant must justify that the conditions of l'article L. 623-25 sont remplies. The preside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…more, set the rates provided for by 1° of B of article L. 2333-9 to a level less than or equal to €20 per square metre;- in the case of municipalities with a population greater than or equal to 50,00…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…scheme are replaced by references to the social security scheme provided for byOrder no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-14

I. - The general management of La Monnaie de Paris is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, who is appointed under the conditions set out in article 10 of the aforementioned Ac…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-2

…Union citizens exercise the right to move and reside freely in France conferred on them by Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, under the conditions and within th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5° of Article 713-20, the execution of the confiscation order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Closure of proceedings

Article R742-53

When the judge applies Article L. 742-20, without prejudice to notification of the judgment to the parties, notice of it is sent for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-2

…of the application for clinical trial assessment defined in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2004, a Data Protection Committee sha…

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