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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-8

The election of the representatives of the regions and the Corsican collectivity shall take place by means of ballot papers sent by registered post or lodged against receipts with the secretariat of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-16

…ctivity, the départements, the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and the communes constitute operating expenses of Article L. 1212-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-7

Candidate lists shall be lodged with the ministry responsible for local and regional authorities on a date set by order of the minister responsible for local and regional authorities. This order also…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election of representatives of local authorities and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status

Article R1213-6

…s of territorial authorities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-1

Tax revenue in the operating section comprises: a) The proceeds of taxes and duties whose basis of assessment is established and collection takes place in the forms provided for in the General Tax Cod…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2355

…n, of an intangible movable asset or a group of intangible movable assets, present or future. It is conventional or judicial. Judicial pledging is governed by the provisions applicable to civil enforc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Information for foreign nationals

Article L613-5

…ration and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, amending the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-56

The convention or agreement mentioned in article L. 6331-55, which determines the distribution of the contribution for the personal training account, skills development aid, work-linked training, prof…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-4

…priate). Exercise N closed on: Financial year N-1 closed on: Financial year N-2 ended on: Total pre-tax sales Sales excluding VAT to customers located in the European Union Sales excluding tax to cust…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

The competent supporting judge is the president of the judicial court. However, if the arbitration agreement expressly so provides, the president of the commercial court shall have jurisdiction to hea…

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