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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6264-5

Articles R. 2334-13 to R. 2334-18 are applicable to the local authority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6364-5

Articles R. 2334-13 to R. 2334-18 are applicable to the local authority.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conciliation Commission

Article R4311-83

The provisions of articles R. 4123-18 to R. 4123-21 are applicable to nurses.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe XII

…e department of RECEIPT OF DECLARATION FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION FOR A TRADE FAIR HELD OUTSIDE A REGISTERED EXHIBITION PARK (art. L. 762-2 and R. 762-10 du code de commerce) Date of receipt…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinvicies

The provisions of the second paragraph of 2° of article 83, of a bis, a ter, b bis of 18° and 18° bis of article 81, of article 163 bis AA and du d du 1 du I de l'article 163 quatervicies do not apply…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-114

The subdivision of undivided property (number 91 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, in the case of drawing lots or amicable allocation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-64

Deeds for the delivery of legacies (numbers 9 and 10 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional emolument:1° According to the following scale, with regard to the deed with discharge, ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-5

I.-The following information is recorded for each person entered in the register: 1° Information relating to the person him/herself : surname, forename(s), gender, date and place of birth of the perso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

The measures mentioned in articles 712-5,712-6 and 712-7, with the exception of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-19-1

As an exception to articles R. 53-18 and R. 53-19, the data recorded in the national automated genetic fingerprint database, with the exception of that mentioned in III of article R. 53-10, may be con…

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