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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

…ctober 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, to or from a Member State of the European Union, shall be declared to the customs authorities…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-5

…activities in the investment aid zones for small and medium-sized enterprises for the period 2022-2027 mentioned in Article 3 of Decree no. 2022-968 of 30 June 2022 on regional aid zones and investmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-75

…des at least one director or one member elected or appointed by the employees under Articles L. 225-27, L. 225-27-1, L. 225-79, L. 225-79-2 and L. 226-5-1 of the French Commercial Code, the Social and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Syndicates of communes

Article L5842-18

The articles L. 5212-27, L. 5212-29 to L. 5212-32 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L772-8

Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-7

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the communes by the representatives of the State in the départeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article L3132-2

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the départements by the representatives of the State in the dépar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4142-2

Every three years, before 1 June, the Government submits to Parliament a report on the a posteriori control exercised over the acts of the regions by the representatives of the State in the regions.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article D2512-2

…s of the arrondissements of Paris are determined in accordance with Plan B annexed to the law of 16 June 1859 on the extension of the boundaries of Paris as amended by subsequent texts.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…n 20 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial…

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