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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-5

Where several entities belonging to the same institution of global systemic importance are resolution entities or third-country entities that would be resolution entities if they were established in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-4-2

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public electricity distribution network structures are set by the general council under th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-4-1

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public electricity transmission network structures are set by the general council under th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-43

The services listed under numbers 151 to 203 of table 3-3 give rise to the collection by the judicial officer of the following emoluments:Number of the service (table 3-3 of article appendix 4-7)Descr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-47

I.-Magistrates shall have access to all data, information and communications content recorded in the processing system, for the purposes of the proceedings brought before them. II.For the purposes of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article R3321-4

I.-For the application of 3° of a of article L. 3332-1, the department may allocate to reserves a fraction of the revenue from transfer duties for valuable consideration that it recognises in respect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-3-4

The joint decisions of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the event of any significant issue or finding…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-4

I.-The declarations referred to in 1° of I of article R. 123-1 include the information essential for the recipient bodies to exercise their prerogatives or for registration in the registers or busines…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-40

The financial elements linked to the operation of the concession include the methods and calculation elements used to determine income and expenses as well as:1° In respect of the mission to develop a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 septies

1. Capital grants awarded to a company by the European Union or the bodies set up by its institutions, the State, local authorities or any public body for the creation or acquisition of specific fixed…

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