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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation

Article L5211-5-1 A

I.-Public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may be created by sharing an existing community of communes or agglomeration community under the conditions provided…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-3

…rticle A. 160-2 is that of the mathematical provisions established on the basis of the tables and interest rates set by Articles 142-3 and 142-6 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-2

…e contract is wound up or when the annuities are in payment.When the arrears receipts are paid at intervals of more than one month, the threshold mentioned in the first paragraph is multiplied by the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-4

…uping together the various annuity contracts taken out with the same company by the insured, the latter must be able to choose between surrender and this conversion.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for formalities, requests and procedures

Article A444-44

…ebtor, is only due at the end of a period of six months from the first payment made by the debtor after the issue of the title.For the management of a single case, the total amount of the fees collect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for formalities, requests and procedures

Article A444-43

…per 100 sheets 21.28 € 153 Application to the court clerk's office for attachment of earnings or intervention 29.79 € 154 Notification to the employer of a writ of attachment of earnings when the mai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for formalities, requests and procedures

Article A444-45

Reporting to the Commission de coordination des actions de prévention des expulsions locatives, listed under number 205 in table 3-3, gives rise to a fee of €9.92 per payment order..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Increase in the fixed procedural fee in the event of a conviction for driving after using substances or plants classified as narcotics

Article A38-6

…ses to establish the presence of narcotics in the blood, in the event of a conviction for driving after using substances or plants classified as narcotics or for unintentional harm to life or physical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-1-1)

Article Annexe 8-9

…ccounts: accounting principles, nomenclature, systems of accounts (abbreviated, basic, developed).International accounting standards.C. - The accounting profession:Overview of the organisation of the…

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Article Annexe 7-4-1

PARTICIPATION IN THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON BOURSETable no. 1 PRODUCT EXCLUDING TAX COEFFICIENTCALCULATIONFrom 0 to 100,000 euros (a) 0 A = 0. From €100,000 to €200,000 (b) 1 B = (b) × coefficient ×…

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