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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-14

The Director of the Institut National de la Consommation may set up revenue and expenditure imprest accounts under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to revenue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R773-10

…ticles R. 519-9 and R. 519-10, the words: "d'un diplôme sanctionant un premier cycle d'études supérieures d'un niveau de formation III" are replaced by the words: "d'une certification professionnelle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R775-9

…ticles R. 519-9 and R. 519-10, the words: "d'un diplôme sanctionant un premier cycle d'études supérieures d'un niveau de formation III" are replaced by the words: "d'une certification professionnelle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R774-10

…ticles R. 519-9 and R. 519-10, the words: "d'un diplôme sanctionant un premier cycle d'études supérieures d'un niveau de formation III" are replaced by the words: "d'une certification professionnelle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment of an administrative unit

Article R2221-1

The deliberation by which the municipal council decides to create a public service with legal personality and financial autonomy or a public service with financial autonomy alone lays down the statute…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-19

The institution's Chief Executive Officer may set up revenue and imprest accounts under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-44

The budget controller shall receive, under the same conditions as the members of the bodies which he may attend pursuant to Article 222 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Accounting records

Article D2343-8

The municipality's accounting officer shall attach to his accounts, as supporting documents, a statement of the landed property, annuities and movable claims making up the municipality's assets or an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-8

The fee provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 663-9 for drawing up the economic, social and environmental report and assisting the debtor in preparing a safeguard or recovery plan (number…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-1

…et out in Articles 72a, 72b with the exception of point d of its paragraph 2 and 72c of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. II - For the purposes…

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