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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825 C

Failing completion of the formalities mentioned in 5° of article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and services and applicable to itinerant distillers, and unless the provisions of article 1808,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-25-1

The obligations relating to collection frequencies and methods set out in articles R. 2224-24 and R. 2224-24 and R. 2224-25 do not apply in areas where bio-waste is collected separately, or is sorted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-8

As long as the owner has not complied with the obligations set out in articles L. 1331-1 to L. 1331-7-1, he is required to pay a sum at least equivalent to the fee he would have paid to the public sew…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-7

I. - The members of the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund shall provide it with the financial resources necessary to carry out its duties as set out in Article L. 312-4, both for the mechanisms fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-8

In the event of the sale of a property subject to a special security interest or a legal mortgage, the portion of the price corresponding to the claims secured by these security interests is paid into…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-8

The accounting officers of public health establishments are public accounting officers of the State with the status of principal accounting officer.When the establishment's accounting officer notifies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Decisions on placement under electronic surveillance, modification or withdrawal of the measure

Article R57-16

When deciding to place the person under electronic surveillance, the competent magistrate shall notify them of the periods and places of assignment as well as the obligations resulting from the provis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-70

The publication formalities required when the institutions mentioned in 1 and 2 of article L. 512-69 are created or in the event of subsequent acts or deliberations are determined by the decree provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-73

The regional mutuals and the associations constitute a special category of commercial companies governed by this section and by the non-contradictory provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-75

The caisses régionales de crédit maritime mutuel and the unions are set up for a limited period. Their share capital is variable. It is represented by registered shares. It may not be reduced to an am…

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