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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-16

…tributions allocated to it by the State, local authorities or any other public or private person;4° Gifts and bequests, donations and assistance funds of any kind;5° In general, any resource that the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-7

…the total surface area of the group's forest holdings. If these conditions are not met, the forest estate must meet at least two of the following three criteria: 1° Each composition class, in particu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-2

…ports federation that is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code referred to in the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005;4° An organisation responsib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-3

…payment institutions and the bodies and services referred to in article L. 518-1 must provide the tax and customs authorities, at their request, with the date and amount of sums transferred abroad b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-48

Where a conventional loan is usurious, excessive collections under articles L. 314-1 to L. 314-9 are automatically deducted from the normal interest due at the time and, subsidiarily, from the princip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-8

…rticle D. 2231-7, by the party that has signed them with the department that holds the agreement or convention that they concern. A receipt is issued to the depositor.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-7

…erable securities or, in the case of other movable property, to the administration in charge of the estates for the purpose of being put up for sale. The administration in charge of the estates may, u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…eterinary medicinal products.2. The fee is payable by the applicant or declarant.3. The rate of the tax referred to in 1 is set by decree up to a ceiling of 50,000 euros.The decree mentioned in the fi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-32

…ons. The ground for refusal provided for in 5° may not be invoked where the conviction relates to a tax, customs or exchange offence, on the grounds that French law does not impose the same type of ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

From 2004, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of t…

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