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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

…aptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-46 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5211-49 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-49-1 law no. 200…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R741-6 bis

…vested with a delegation mandate in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 27 of Order no. 2022-544 of 13 April 2022 relating to the ethics and discipline of ministerial officers: 1° Must not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of this Part Four, in the version resulting from Decree No 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the conditions set…

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

Article L1613-1

The amount of the global operating grant is set each year by the Finance Act.In 2011, this amount, equal to €41,307,701,000, is reduced by €42,844,000 pursuant to II of Article 6 of Law no. 2008-1443…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…t to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5711-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 on differentiation, decentralisation, deconcentration and various measu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-8

…lowing adaptations:1° Article L. 1241-1 is applicable there in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022;2° Articles L. 1241-2 to L. 1241-4, L. 1243-3, L. 1243-8-1, L. 1244-2, L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-334

…Code de l'action sociale et des familles recruited from the date of entry into force of decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules applicable to contractual practitioners. The p…

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

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-1

…lting from the energy consumption linked to the activity of these establishments between 1 December 2022 and 31 March 2023.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 746

…o registration duty or land registration tax of 2.50%. This rate is reduced to 1.80% from 1 January 2021 and to 1.10% from 1 January 2022 for the division of property interests following a legal separ…

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