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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting of the Banque de France

Article R144-8

…Banque de France at the end of the financial year. Articles L. 820-3-1, L. 822-1, L. 822-3, L. 822-10, L. 822-17, L. 822-18, L. 823-1, L. 823-2, L. 823-3, L. 823-4, L. 823-5, L. 823-7, L. 823-8, L. 8…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-80

…) In municipalities or within public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants, the surface area of the main or sector library to which the annex is attached is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article D4132-2

…departmental councils making up the region or inter-region is respectively1° Less than or equal to 10,000 for regions comprising more than five départements or less than or equal to 20,000 for region…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-7

…professional ethics or regulations. 2° Form: All publications considered must contain a minimum of 10,000 signs including spaces, excluding titles, headings, abstracts and intertitles. The equivalenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article D5125-33-6-1

…nder which dispensing pharmacists may supply medicinal products for certain pathologies pursuant to 10° of Article L. 5125-1-1 A are determined in cooperation protocols drawn up under the conditions p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-5

…the purpose or effect of breaching the provisions of articles L. 125-1, L. 125-3,L. 324-9 or L. 324-10 of the Labour Code. The act of creating or taking over a business must be clearly distinguished f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

…graphs of Article L. 1615-2, the second paragraph of Article L. 1615-3, Articles L. 1615-7, L. 1615-10, L. 1615-11 and L. 1615-12 as well as the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 only apply t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article L743-5

…for the purpose of contesting the decision to place him/her in detention pursuant to article L. 741-10 and by the administrative authority for the purpose of extending detention pursuant to article L.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 432-3

Recipients of aid must:1° Either have at least 10,000 subscribers on a single digital channel at the date of the application for aid;2° Or have directed or produced a work that has won a prize at a fe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14

…y empowered by the public person to which he reports. The provisions of articles R. 611-1 to R. 611-10 relating to the obligations of employees and employers are applicable to civil servants, public o…

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