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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Other penalties and miscellaneous measures

Article 1825 A

…he Highway Code ;d. Either been convicted under articles 222-8, 222-10, 222-12, 222-13, 222-14, 227-15 or 227-16 of the Penal Code or a measure withdrawing parental authority pursuant to Articles 378…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

…nes with 7,500 to 9,999 inhabitants; - communes with 10,000 to 14,999 inhabitants ; - communes with 15,000 to 19,999 inhabitants; - communes with 20,000 to 34,999 inhabitants; - communes with 35,000 t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…conditions of leases of more than eighteen years; 13° loans; 14° the agency's internal regulations; 15° Acceptance and refusal of gifts and legacies; 16° Legal actions and settlements; 17° public trib…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to banking service providers

Article L775-40

…0-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 571-4 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 571-5 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 571-6 to L. 571-9 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 571-13 Order no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article D112-3

…ng in the course of a business and is paying a debt to a person referred to in article L. 561-2, to 15,000 euros for payments made in cash or by electronic money. II. - The amount referred to in IIa o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-35

…nd end of the bathing season, determined in accordance with the definition given in article D. 1332-15 and transmitted under the conditions defined in article D. 1332-16 ; 2° The profiles when they ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-34

…ertificate from the doctor or thanatopractor provided for in the third paragraph of article R. 2213-15.Where the death poses a medico-legal problem, cremation may only take place after authorisation f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee of French Polynesia.

Article R2573-36

…the mayors and deputy mayors and, where applicable, the deputy mayors mentioned in articles L. 2113-15 and L. 2113-19 applicable in French Polynesia.The voting procedures are specified by order of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-28

For the application of article L. 4425-15, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section: -the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-83

…alendar year, is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 15 February at the latest. The authorisation provided for in Article R. 5132-74 may require its hold…

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