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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX ter : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land and development establishments in French Guiana and Mayotte

Article 1609 B

In French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte, a special equipment tax is introduced for the benefit of public establishments created pursuant to Article L. 321-36-1 of the town planning code.This ta…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

The Managing Director of the Agency is appointed by decree on the report of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Tourism. He organises and manages the agency. In particular, h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-16

The request for re-examination relating to elements covered by Part II of the requests for substantial changes provided for in Article 20 of the aforementioned European Regulation of 16 April 2014 sha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-16

The financial provisions are set out in a protocol attached to the agreement.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16

The acts of terrorism incriminated by Articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code, as well as related offences, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according to the rules of this Code subject t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-16

The designated inventor shall be mentioned as such in the publications of the patent application and in the patent specifications. If this cannot be done, he shall be mentioned in the copies of the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Allocation for registering applications and issuing secure documents

Article L2335-16

An annual operating grant is introduced for municipalities equipped with one or more registration stations for electronic passport and national identity card applications, known as the "secure documen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-16

The training courses eligible for the personal training account are those mentioned in article L. 6323-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-16

Only expenditure necessary to pay debts due and expenditure for which the law has expressly so decided are obligatory for the local authority. The territorial audit chamber, seized either by the repre…

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