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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

…es in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24 and by I and III of article L. 2123-24-1, municipal councils:1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

For the purposes of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union through criminal law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L518-4

The Supervisory Board is made up of : 1° Two members of the standing committee of the National Assembly responsible for finance, at least one of whom belongs to a group that has declared that it does…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

…ree no. 2022-1683 of 28 December 2022R. 3114-1 and R. 3114-2R. 3114-4 and R. 3114-5 In Title IIR. 3121-1 to R. 3122-3 R. 3122-6 to R. 3125-4 R. 3125-5 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-1225 of 24 Decembe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…in the first paragraph of I, the Haut conseil may, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 821-14, impose additional procedures or requirements if they are necessary to give effect to national…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HA

…underground natural gas storage site whose capacities are subject to the provisions of articles L. 421-3-1 à L. 421-12 et L. 421-14 of the aforementioned code;- €582 per kilometre of natural gas trans…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article D330-4

I.-Application for approval of a system referred to in 2°, 3° or 4° of I of Article L. 330-1 shall be made in writing and by any means that can be relied upon to provide a date certain to the Minister…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative composition

Article R232-89

…h this presumption is based; 2° The sanctions and consequences incurred pursuant to Articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23-6 and those proposed by the Secretary General of the Agency pursuant to Article L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32

…t de résolution shall exchange with the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 and L. 532-16, information relating to credit institutions and investment firms benefiting from t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…s of the said protected objects that he makes. II. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of the online content…

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