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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-23

…hin and Haut-Rhin departments that were enforceable on 3 March 1982, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 relative aux droits et libertés des communes, des départements et des r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-7

…overseas departments may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Accommodation.

Article L4433-23

…erty companies created in the overseas regions pursuant to the provisions of 2° of Article 2 of the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-8

…eas regional councils may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-13

…the said departments.He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions provided by the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique te…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-5

…provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/573 of 6 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments by tech…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-3

…boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation administrative de Paris, Marseille, Lyo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-12-1

…out the assessment made by the guarantee fund for each head of loss and the amount of compensation due to the victim, taking into account the benefits listed in l'article 29 de la loi n° 85-677 du 5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458 bis

…business property tax.II. - To benefit from the exemption provided for in I, an establishment must, during the reference period mentioned in Article 1467 A, be part of a business that satisfies the fo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judgment on liability

Article 849-11

…which the defendant must implement the publicity measures ordered pursuant to the article 67 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 aforementioned and, failing this, on expiry of which they will be carried ou…

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