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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-4

In matters of water and watercourse management, drinking water supply, collective or non-collective sanitation, collection or treatment of household and similar waste, or distribution of electricity o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…bis The offences provided for in Article L. 3136-1 of the Public Health Code and Article 16 of Law no. 2021-1040 of 5 August 2021 on health crisis management;11° The offence of drug use provided for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

I. - The following shall be submitted to the director of the registry of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-19

I. - The assets of a general-purpose investment fund may also include, up to the limit of 10% stipulated in II of article R. 214-32-18 : 1° warrants ; 2° Savings bonds 3° Promissory notes 4° mortgage…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…shares referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 512-1 of this Code or inArticle 11 of Law No. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and public offers of mutualist certif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

I. - A surety guarantee mechanism is hereby set up to honour, in the event of default by a credit institution or finance company, the surety undertakings required by law or regulation and given by tha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

…re the modification of the territorial boundaries of the cantons provided for in application of Act no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 relating to the election of departmental councillors, municipal councill…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-8

…icle L. 162-22 of the Social Security Code, article 33 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003) does not apply to the funding of the group, with the exception of…

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