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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25

The Local Finance Committee apportions the revenue defined in the previous article between the municipalities and public establishments that meet the conditions set by a decree in the Conseil d'Etat.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-24

The proceeds of police fines relating to road traffic intended for local authorities referred to in b of 2° of B of I of Article 49 of Law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finances for 2006 are di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-29

I. - The tax potential of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status is determined by adding together the following amounts:1° The product determined by applying th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28

I. - Public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxation belonging to the following categories receive, from the year in which they first receive the proceeds of their taxati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-2

A landlord seeking to terminate the lease of the building in which a registered business is operated must notify the previously registered creditors of his request, at the address declared by them in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for the authorisation and operation of health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other organisations

Article L2142-2

Any establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out medically assisted procreation activities is required to submit an annual activity report to the regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-259

The following shall also be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the company at the time of its registration: 1° For commercial companies: a) In the case of an establishm…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: National parks.

Article L343-2

The rules relating to the core area and the area of accession of a national park are laid down by the regulations and the charter provided for in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-2

The title of each book and all the data and information mentioned in Article R. 134-1 associated with it are deleted on expiry of the protection periods mentioned in articles L. 123-1 to L. 123-12.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-264

Each participant has one vote at the general meeting of the workers' cooperative. The articles of association may, however, allocate several votes to participants, depending on the amount of their sal…

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