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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

I.-It is instituted for the benefit of the communes or, as the case may be, of the public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or of the départements which are substituted for them by virtue…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 595

An application for review may only be made for one of the following reasons: 1. If, after the judgment, it is revealed that the decision was surprised by the fraud of the party in whose favour it was…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Export or delivery to another Member State of the European Union

Article 545

Only goldsmiths, jewellers and jewellery manufacturers are authorised to manufacture gold, silver or platinum articles in any other non-legal capacity exclusively for shipment to other Member States o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-2

Under conditions laid down by regulation, the director of a public health establishment may, on a proposal from the head of the department, after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Hallmarks

Article 523

The guarantee of the title is attested by the hallmark applied to each coin in accordance with the following procedures:a) Either by affixing a metal guarantee hallmark manufactured and marketed by th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-23

When the lender is led to request the cancellation of the contract, it may demand the immediate repayment of the capital paid in, as well as the payment of accrued interest.Until actual settlement, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23-1

I. - In companies with between eleven and less than fifty employees, where there is no trade union representative in the company or establishment, company or establishment agreements may be negotiated…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-41

The members of the Standing Conference on Women's Sport are appointed by order of the Minister for Sport for a period of three years. They may be reappointed once. The provisions of article 74 of law…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-42

The Standing Conference on Women's Sport meets and operates under the conditions set out in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-39

The Standing Conference on Women's Sport may be consulted at the request of the Minister responsible for Sport, the Minister responsible for Women's Rights, the Minister responsible for the Economy or…

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