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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-13

…on the date of the events and whose statutory purpose is the defence and protection of animals may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in the code pén…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831-2

…the ownership or the right to the lease of the premises for professional use actually used for the exercise of his profession and the movable items necessary for the exercise of his profession; 3° Of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-1

…investigating division, the juvenile judge, the juvenile court and the Paris juvenile assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the ordonnance n° 45-17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-64

…tution or finance company, he shall have a sufficiently high hierarchical position to enable him to exercise his function independently. They are subject to the provisions of article L. 511-51.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L3611-4

In the exercise of its powers, the metropole of Lyon has the same rights and is subject to the same obligations as the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status.In…

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

Article L5211-58

Any taxpayer registered on the roll of the municipality has the right to exercise, both as plaintiff and defendant, at his own expense and risk, with the authorisation of the administrative court, the…

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

Article D2223-55-4

…tes;- designing and leading a ceremony;- managing a team.2° For the diploma entitling the holder to exercise the function of funeral adviser and equivalent:- all the subjects mentioned in 1° of this a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-1

…L. 4332-1, the appropriations entered in the Finance Act for the allocation to the regions for the exercise of their competences in the field of continuing vocational training and apprenticeship, les…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

…ticle 8, subject in its own name to income tax in the property income category, may, by irrevocable option exercised when filing the income tax return for the year of subscription, make a deduction fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L123-40

…eir area of competence comply with the conditions necessary for access to their activity or for the exercise thereof. The nature and scope of this control are specified, for each authority, within thi…

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