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

Article L2311-5

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-4

…rovisions of the same article. II.The contributions deducted from the balance of the apprenticeship tax mentioned in II of article L. 6241-2 are, with the exception of the direct payments mentioned in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-14

The amount of a direct allocation awarded in application of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article D5122-15

…y allowance are calculated according to the following procedures:the monthly reference remuneration used to calculate the partial activity indemnity and allowance corresponds to the average gross remu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-8

The AMF shall assess the risks that may arise from the use of leverage by an AIF or its management company. It may, where it considers it necessary to ensure the stability and integrity of the financi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-1

…restry groupings formed without a public offering, the assets of the investment forestry groupings must comprise at least 80% : 1° Forestry assets consisting of: a) Forests and woods ; b) Bare land to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-6

…ral offences, at least one of which cannot give rise to a transaction, have been recorded simultaneously.II. - The transaction is carried out by the payment to the operator of a fixed indemnity, the s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-17

…ferred to in Article L. 351-5 corresponds to a fraction of the difference between the following two amounts:a) the technical provisions after deduction of receivables arising from reinsurance contract…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe V

…lication of article L. 2334-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales;- nature of resources used and volumes abstracted from each resource; volumes purchased from other public drinking water s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 220

Each of the spouses has the power to enter alone into contracts which have as their object the maintenance of the household or the education of the children: any debt thus contracted by one obliges th…

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