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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5139-2

…import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and use of micro-organisms and toxins included on the list provided for in article L. 5139-1 and products containing them are subject to cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intercommunal development and planning charter

Article L5223-1

The communes may draw up and approve inter-communal development and planning charters which define the medium-term prospects for their economic, social and cultural development, determine the correspo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-3

The balance sheet of acquisitions and disposals carried out by mixed syndicates is submitted each year for deliberation by the deliberative body. This balance sheet is appended to the administrative a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2221-2

In the case of local authorities and their public bodies, the assessment of how the project is to be carried out, the budgetary sustainability study and the opinions on these are presented to the deli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-12

Any court-appointed administrator or judicial representative who, in the performance of his duties, acquires knowledge of a crime or misdemeanour is required to notify the public prosecutor without de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-4

…ditions under which the Banque de France and the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 751-2 informing individuals of their inclusion in and removal from the file, as well as their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article L3442-1

The general councils of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion may consult the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, education and the environment, mentioned in art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Accommodation.

Article L4433-22

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion define the actions they intend to carry out in terms of housing, following the opinion or, where appropriate, the proposal of the local authorities, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

I. - The resources of the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region are distributed among the communes of this region with more than 5,000 inhabitants whose value of the synthetic i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

I.-The collectivity of Corsica shall benefit from the proceeds of the domestic consumption tax on energy products and the domestic tax on insurance policies available to the territorial collectivity o…

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