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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Additional departmental tax on tourist tax

Article L3333-1

The departmental council may institute an additional tax of 10% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in the department by the communes referred to in article L. 2333-26 and by the pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-13

I.-Information obtained from the statements referred to in I of Article L. 464-10 and which can only be obtained by accessing the file of the proceedings concerned may be used by a party who has had a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

A pharmaceutical establishment exporting a medicinal product must ask the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to certify that it holds the authorisation referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-12

The following shall benefit from the appropriations of the Joint Fund in respect of the performance of the tasks referred to in Article L. 2135-11: 1° Employees' and employers' organisations that are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-13

The closing of the local authority's accounts is constituted by the vote of the territorial council on the administrative account presented by the president of the territorial council after transmissi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Right to an account

Article R312-6-1

For the purposes of III of article L. 312-1, silence on the part of a credit institution for a period of fifteen days from the date of the notice of receipt, or the applicant's hand-delivery of an app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-15

I.-The legal representatives, directors, staff and agents of the associations referred to in I of Article L. 519-11 of this Code are bound by professional secrecy in the context of the tasks referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-15

If the insurer remains silent or explicitly refuses to make an offer, or if the person responsible for the damage is not insured or the insurance cover provided for in article L. 1142-2 has been exhau…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Cafés and public houses

Article L313-1

The rules governing the manufacture, sale and consumption of beverages are set out in articles L. 3331-2 and L. 3332-11 of the Public Health Code and articles L. 3335-3 and L. 3335-4 of the same code,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-16

In an emergency, the representative of the State may: 1° Have the owner or, failing that, the operator of the building concerned carry out, at the owner's or operator's expense, the surveys and diagno…

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