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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22

The second fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less than twice the average per capita financial po…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

I. - No proceedings based on articles 226-10, 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code may be brought against : a) The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 or their directors and officers or the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

Under the conditions set out in this Title, administrative penalties may be imposed on persons who have failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-20

I. - The new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 benefit from the flat-rate allocation provided for in articles L. 2334-7 to L. 2334-12.II. - In the first year of the creation of the new commune,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tax credits

Article L331-5

Each year, before 30 September, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée submits to Parliament and the Government a report evaluating the tax credits mentioned in articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7

I. - With effect from 2005, the lump-sum allocation comprises:1° A basic allocation intended to take account of the costs associated with the size of its population.With effect from 2011, this basic a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-2

I. - Subject to the specific provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Book I relating to life insurance apply to the operations governed by this chapter, with the exception of Articles L. 131-1,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds belonging to an insurance group and a financial conglomerate

Article L385-9

Supplementary occupational pension funds belonging to a group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1 are subject to group supervision under the conditions laid down in Chapter VI of Title V of Book II…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: OFFICIAL EXECUTION

Article L722-11

The sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may decide on the conditional release of a foreign national sentenced to a custodial sentence and who is the subject of a decision ment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-3

The Minister responsible for the economy may decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Belonging to, owned, held or controlled by natural or legal persons…

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