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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 11: Intervention.

Article L511-70

Payment by intervention must be evidenced by an acknowledgment given on the bill of exchange, with an indication of the person for whom it is made. In the absence of this indication, the payment is de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of this Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L.…

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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 L2333-86

The fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by…

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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 L2333-84

The system of fees payable to communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates due to the occupation of their public domain by electricity and gas transmission and di…

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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 L2333-85

From the 2000 financial year, the fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are payable annually in advance.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Rules applicable to relations between the holder and its suppliers

Article L2232-7

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles L. 441-10 to L. 441-13 of the French Commercial Code, the services referred to in article L. 2213-14 are paid for by the holder of the partnership contract,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-3

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book II in New Caledonia: 1° In Article L. 2213-6, the words: ", local authorities" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2232-7, the words: "Notwithstandi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-3

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book II in French Polynesia: 1° In Article L. 2213-6, the words: ", local authorities" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2232-7, the words: "Notwithsta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Provisions relating to the resolution of transnational groups

Article L613-60

When notified by another resolution authority of a decision and measures equivalent to those mentioned in I of Article L. 613-61-1 concerning the subsidiary of a group for which it is the resolution a…

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