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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D2333-74

…governed by the article L. 321-1 of the Internal Security Code is as follows:6% up to 100,000 euros.16% from 100,001 euros to 200,000 euros.25% from €200,001 to €500,000.37% from €500,001 to €1,000,00…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to secure electronic devices enabling a dematerialised official report to be drawn up

Article A37-19-1

…t of paper measuring 210 mm × 297 mm. It reproduces the information mentioned in I of Article A. 37-16 or article A. 37-27-2, as well as any additional information on the circumstances in which the of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-29

…imum duration of which may not exceed five years. For the task referred to in 1° of article R. 1435-16, the specifications referred to in article R. 6315-6 constitute the funding decision. When the op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3841-1

…eption of article R. 3131-22, in New Caledonia in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postponing the end of application of decree no. 2020-610 of 22 May 2020 taken for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-28

…ntioned in Article L. 622-24 and payments of the claims mentioned in I of Article L. 641-13 (number 16 of table 4-3) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of sums collected by all creditors or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of voluntary association involvement

Article R5151-19

…of the ministry in charge of associations, enables the declaration provided for in article R. 5151-16 and its transmission to one of the persons responsible for the administration or management of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Resource management

Article R6332-94

…ntended : 1° To finance the training costs of the training initiatives mentioned in article L. 6323-16 organised as part of the personal training account in accordance with the procedures defined by a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L285-1

…isions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or their automatic applicability is mentioned in the table…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20-1

When they do not have the status of judicial police officer pursuant to article 16-1 A, active or retired national police officers and national gendarmerie military personnel who had the status of jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

…ata is to be kept, the procedures for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of Article 230-16 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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