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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-3

The accounting officers of the Directorate General of Public Finance responsible for the recovery of fines and pecuniary penalties, to whom the documents provided for in the fourth paragraph of 2° of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3311-3

The budget implementation period is limited to the same year to which that budget applies for the mandating of expenditure and the issuing of revenue vouchers. However, this period includes an additio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article D3321-3

For the application of 8° of article L. 3332-2, the département may neutralise the depreciation allowance for equipment subsidies paid and for administrative and school buildings reduced by the amount…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D4311-3

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 4312-2, supplemented by the transactio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article R4221-3

In the cases provided for in article L. 4221-4-1, public accountants are discharged of all liability by handing over the funds to the notary who drew up the deed.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article D4321-3

The region may neutralise the depreciation allowance for equipment subsidies paid and the depreciation allowance for administrative and school buildings less the amount of the annual write-back of equ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R4421-3

Biological agents are classified into four groups according to the level of risk of infection they present: 1° Group 1 includes biological agents that are unlikely to cause disease in humans; 2° Group…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable

Article R3421-3

In maritime transport companies, the aggravated penalties provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 3421-1 apply to staff carrying out duties relating to the operation or piloting of ships, ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R5421-3

Foreign workers are entitled to the replacement income provided for in article L. 5421-1 under the same conditions as French workers if they are in compliance with the provisions regulating their paid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article D4421-3

Article D. 4151-25 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2023-737 of 8 August 2023.

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