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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

The attached agreement between the French State and the guarantee fund and the French central office for compensation for accidents for which the French State is responsible in the countries referred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…itive or negative amounts resulting from the application of 1.2 and 2.2 of the article 78 de la loi n° 2009-1673 du 30 décembre 2009 de finances pour 2010 perçus ou supportés par le département en 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…eforming integration policies and Order no. 2010-686 of 24 June 2010 extending and adapting the loi n° 2008-1249 du 1er décembre 2008 généralisant le revenu de solidarité active et réformant les polit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 7

Heading 7-Economic and financial assistance71. Loans and advances 711. First payment 1. Decision establishing the nature of the advance (loan), the conditions for granting it, the repayment terms, spe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Status and missions

Article L1231-2

…l programme for the requalification of run-down old districts mentioned in the article 25 de la loi n° 2009-323 du 25 mars 2009 de mobilisation pour le logement et la lutte contre l'exclusion et dans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…cated in a zone franche urbaine-territoire entrepreneur defined in B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 du 4 février 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du territoire, as w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

I. - No person may, directly or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, if he has been convicted within the last ten years of a final offence referred to in II: 1° Direct, manage…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

…rticle 24 of Law No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, the commission imposes new deadlines and payment terms for this debt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…d for in articles L. 212-2 and L. 212-3 of the town planning code in their wording prior to the loi n° 85-729 du 18 juillet 1985 by the local authorities and bodies benefiting from the right of pre-em…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-1

…idual basis, the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of l'article 111 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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