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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-3

The secretariat of the Regulatory Control Commission is provided by staff from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, appointed by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'im…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNES DES DÉPARTEMENTS DE LA MOSELLE, DU BAS-RHIN ET DU HAUT-RHIN

Article L5816-6

…he administration of the common property and the execution of works relating thereto, the syndicate commission has all the powers attributed to the municipal council. The powers of the mayor are exerc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-12

The commission provided for in article L. 1611-6 and responsible for registering declarations to open personalised support voucher accounts is made up of a representative of the minister responsible f…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

When the letting of premises for commercial use as furnished tourist accommodation involves a change of use or sub-destination subject to planning permission pursuant to c of the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13-1

Adapted companies contribute to regional development and promote an inclusive economic environment favourable to women and men with disabilities. They enter into employment contracts with workers reco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-3

For the application in Saint-Barthélemy of the provisions of Chapter I of Title VI of Book V, the offence of tax fraud is considered to be either the offence provided for by the provisions of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-155

…ferred to in articles L. 214-114 and L. 214-115 eligible for inclusion in the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier are : 1° Buildings let or offered for letting on the date of their acqu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-14

I. - The Commission départementale d'aménagement commercial authorises projects by an absolute majority vote of the members present. The minutes shall indicate the meaning of the vote cast by each of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-32

On pain of inadmissibility of his appeal, within five days of its presentation to the national commission, the appellant, if he is different from the applicant for the commercial development authorisa…

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