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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Urban policy allocation

Article L2334-41

…in the overseas departments receive a share of the urban policy allocation provided for in article L. 2334-40. This share is calculated by applying to the total amount of the urban policy allocation…

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

Article L4425-22

…e proceeds of the increase in Corsica of the tax on air passenger transport provided for in Article L. 422-29 of the code of taxes on goods and services. To this end, the public accountant pays the su…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-5

…epresenting the manufacturers or importers of the media mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 311-4 and, for a quarter, persons designated by organisations representing consumers. Three repre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue

Article L4425-28

…the State and the public project owners concerned within three months of the publication of the loi n° 2002-92 du 22 janvier 2002 relative à la Corse.The conditions under which this programme is imple…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation.

Article L5215-1

…se conditions are not required for urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération inter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-46

…ding on a regulated market, the double voting rights provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 225-123 are de jure, unless a clause to the contrary is included in the Articles of Association a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Set-off and assignment of claims

Article L211-36

…ial obligations arising from transactions in financial instruments or in units mentioned in article L. 229-7 of the Environment Code, spot foreign exchange transactions or transactions for the sale, p…

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

Article L2333-26

I. - Subject to Article L. 5211-21, a tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax may be instituted by deliberation taken by the municipal council before 1 July of the year to be applicable from the followin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L2

…Government submits draft legislative and regulatory texts drawn up in the field defined by Article L. 1, in the light of the results of the consultation and negotiation procedure, to the National Com…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment of the subcontractor

Article L2193-10

…Title III of Law No. 75-13…

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