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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-17

…tropolitan area and the region, with the strategic guidelines document mentioned in article L. 4251-15. Par dérogation au premier alinéa du présent article, les actes de la métropole mentionnés au cha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 812

…ation defined in the previous paragraph will be punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…in Annex II to the International Convention against Doping in Sport adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, the validity of the Therapeutic Use Exemptions referred to in the previous paragraph;10° It ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…e digital age;Article L. 113-9-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021.Articles L. 132-15, L. 132-17-1-1, L. 132-17-3, L. 132-17-4-1, L. 132-17-8 and L. 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-40

I. - Pursuant to IV bis of Article L. 621-15, the chairman of the panel hearing the case shall preside over the meeting.II. - During the meeting, the rapporteur presents his report. The Director Gener…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-11

I. - The first paragraph of article L. 113-15-2 applies to the following tacitly renewable insurance contracts covering natural persons outside their professional activities:1° Contracts in the classe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…351-1 as a participation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of the trust assets on which the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2631-1

…Book I to Saint-Martin :1° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Code are replaced by refere…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A

…Article 1639 A bis, local authorities and competent bodies shall notify the tax departments, before 15 April each year, of decisions relating either to the rates or to the revenue, as the case may be,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-53

…r his permit, he will be given a receipt. When the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 15-33-41, in exchange for his or her licence, the person concerned shall be issued with a certificat…

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