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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-19

When the first paragraph of Article L. 1612-1 of the General Local Authorities Code is applied in the event that the Centre's budget has not been adopted before 1 January of the financial year to whic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-195

Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment may change their currency unit from one financial year to another. This change may only be made on the opening date of a financial year.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-28

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located, after collecting, where app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article L3121-23

The departmental council appoints its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies in the cases and under the conditions laid down by the provisions governing these bodies. The fixing by the aforemen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-23

…n, the Prefect will inform the applicant that the application is complete, as defined in article R. 2334-22, or will request the production of any missing documents. In the latter case, the deadline i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Abstentions, impediments and challenges

Article R4126-23

…plinary Board is unable to attend or abstain, or if he agrees to a request for disqualification, he may be replaced by one of the substitute members, irrespective of the departmental council on whose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional committees.

Article R4643-23

Each year, the Regional Prevention Committee Council elects from among its members a bureau consisting of a chairman and a vice-chairman, who is responsible for replacing the chairman if he is absent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4322-23

The National Council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel responsible for deliberating in the cases provided for in II of article L. 4322-10-1. This panel also in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-28

…ntioned in Article L. 622-24 and payments of the claims mentioned in I of Article L. 641-13 (number 16 of table 4-3) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of sums collected by all creditors or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Ia: Stamp duty and similar taxes levied for the benefit of the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (National Agency for Secure Documents)

Article 1628 bis

If the national identity card is not presented for renewal, a stamp duty of €25 will be charged.

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