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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Renewal

Article L312-79

The borrower may at any time request a reduction in the maximum amount of credit granted, the suspension of his right to use it or the cancellation of his contract.In the latter case, he shall repay,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: National equalisation grant.

Article L2334-14-1

…ion:1° The per capita financial potential is less than the average per capita financial potential plus 5% of all communes belonging to the same demographic group.2° The tax effort is greater than the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Provisions relating to Book III

Article 2508

…able;c) The fourth paragraph is replaced by the following provisions:"The claim of the surviving spouse of the head of a craft or commercial business who proves by any means to have participated direc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 170

…h 2 of this Article apply, goods imported under the temporary admission procedure benefit from the suspension of customs duties and taxes to which they are liable on importation. 2. In the case of equ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-17

…le L. 115-16 find that there is a shortfall, inaccuracy, omission or concealment in the information used as a basis for calculating the taxes or contributions, they send the taxpayer a proposal for re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-43

…ssue transfers and withdraw authorisations to put vehicles into service.A six-monthly report on the use of vehicles authorised exclusively for emergency medical aid operations is sent by the company t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article L645-1

…d, open to any debtor, natural person, mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 640-2, is in suspension of payments and whose recovery is clearly impossible, has not ceased trading for more than…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-3

…ence of mayors is compulsory in public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status, except where the bureau of the public establishment already includes all the mayors of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-2

…L. 5211-41-3, the president of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax system places on the agenda of the deliberative body: 1° A debate and deliberation on the drafti…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 230

1. Subject to the provisions of 2 below, articles incorporated into French ships outside the Customs territory are treated as if they were imported directly into the part of the Customs territory wher…

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