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

Article D4425-17

The budget items voted by function correspond: a) Investment section: -for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to group 90 "Breakdown of operations", completed by the most detailed subdiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-17

…tance of the works, transferred to the urban community under the conditions provided for by article L. 5215-28. The provisions of article L. 5215-39 are applicable, as regards these works, from the da…

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

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-17

Articles R. 1243-4 to R. 1243-10 and R. 1243-12 to R. 1243-14 are applicable to establishments or organisations carrying out the activities of preparation, storage, distribution or transfer of gene th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-17

The social and economic committee is consulted on the choice of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the plan execution commissioner

Article A663-17

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-17, the fee for registering claims on the list provided for in Article R. 622-15 (number 5 of table 4-2) gives rise to the collection of a fee equal…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-17

To organise the competition, the purchaser shall involve a jury composed in accordance with the procedures set out in sub-section 2.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-17

…y Committee's reasoned opinion on the insurance undertaking's report provided for in III of Article L. 144-2 also includes a mention of any changes made during the past financial year to the compositi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-17

The bonus coefficient is applied in the light of the efforts made by exhibitors to promote quality arthouse programming, train and develop audience loyalty, and organise events around their arthouse p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 222-17

Direct grants are awarded for the distribution in cinemas of certain long-running cinematographic works, depending on their broadcasting conditions.

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