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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…005-1719 of 30 December 2005, by its actual rate of subsidy in respect of 2004 minus 2 points. From 2007, this increase in the compensation allowance for each département is calculated by taking the a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-33

…for an opinion, by a person benefiting from one of the exceptions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 331-28 or by the approved legal entity representing it, on any question relating to the effective implem…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…e grounds for persecution, within the meaning of Section A of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, shall be assessed under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 9 an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-13-1

…n athlete suspected of having committed one of the offences set out in Articles L. 232-25 to L. 232-28.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-11

…se pursued by articles L. 131-1 to L. 131-87 relating to cheques and by articles L. 133-1 to L. 133-28 when they apply to payment cards; 2. To centralise, on behalf of the Banque de France, the inform…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-4

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…7 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Articles 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29 and 31 or, where applicable, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-23

…on, gives an account of the guidelines it has set, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 331-28, with regard to the procedures for exercising and the scope of the private copy exception and the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Respective scope of application of registration duty and land registration tax

Article 663

…court decisions, deeds, certificates of transmission by death and documents referred to in articles 28, 35, in 2° of Article 36 and to Article 37 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended and t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article 1043

In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 2113-5, L. 5212-27, L. 5215-28, L. 5217-2 and L. 5217-6 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, the transfers of property, rights or obligation…

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