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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article R4424-7

…y by the President of the Executive Council in the forms provided for by articles R. 123-13, R. 123-14, R. 123-20 to R. 123-23 of this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-7

For the application of article L. 622-24, the bodies referred to in Article L. 351-21 of the Labour Code are the New Caledonian bodies responsible for providing unemployment insurance benefits and col…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D2342-7

…ishment of the debt and the regularity of the payment, by the documents indicated by articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R613-7

…he decisions taken on an individual basis or on a sub-consolidated basis pursuant to Article L. 613-21-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-7

Articles R. 5121-51 to R. 5121-51-4 are applicable to homeopathic medicinal products subject to the registration referred to in article L. 5121-13. This sub-section does not apply to homeopathic medic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-4

…omplied with. At any time during the period of the ban on residence, the sentence enforcement judge may, after hearing the convicted offender and advising the public prosecutor, amend the list of proh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-7

…e application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 30 June 2022 at the latest.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article D821-77

The period defined in the second paragraph of article L. 821-14 is set at four months from the request or initiative mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article. The period referred to in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 E bis

…he taxable profit for that same financial year for their amount excluding tax after deduction of an 87% allowance.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-3

…ed and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that of the longest penalty incurred or, in the…

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