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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Local taxes, fees and charges

Article L2573-48

…e fees payable to the municipality for the occupation of the municipal public domain by electricity and gas transmission and distribution works and by individual electricity and gas lines or pipelines…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L123-40

…with the conditions necessary for access to their activity or for the exercise thereof. The nature and scope of this control are specified, for each authority, within this subsection.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-4

…w works presented by the author in the genre determined in the contract, the author may immediately and as of right resume his freedom with regard to future works he produces in this genre.He must, ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-4

The rights mentioned in the first part of this code may not prevent acts necessary for the performance of a parliamentary control, jurisdictional or administrative procedure provided for by law, or un…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-4

…lar, where applicable, the following criteria: 1° It corresponds to the description, type, quantity and quality, in particular as regards functionality, compatibility, interoperability, or any other c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-4

It is prohibited to display comparative advertisements as defined in articles L. 122-1 and L. 122-2 on packaging, invoices, travel tickets, means of payment or tickets for access to shows or venues op…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…reimbursement is made no later than ten days after the expiry of the periods laid down in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

…e transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocation of a general decentralisation grant. The beneficiary local a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-4

…il d'Etat, in the absence of any reasoned deliberations to the contrary by the département councils and regional councils concerned. The Minister responsible for local and regional authorities notifie…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-4

Where one of the spouses is placed under one of the protective regimes provided for in Chapter II of Title XI of this Book, no application for divorce by mutual consent may be made.

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