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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-7

The Director shall keep cost accounts covering all the establishment's activities and resources, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Health. The Director communica…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-7

…>article L. 412-5 in Wallis and Futuna, the word "départemental" and the words "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du droit au logement" are replaced respectively b…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-74

…ession; 4° All sums in cash; 5° The partners' industry, which by virtue of the article 10 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 does not contribute to the formation of capital but may give rise to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-7

The grant application is sent by the chairman of the board of directors of the fire and rescue service or by the mayor of Marseille, to the departmental prefect. It is accompanied by:1° An explanatory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

…the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody jud…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-3

…ng information: 1° The holder's birth name and, where applicable, surname, first names, date and place of birth, nationality, home address; 2° The unique identification number (SIREN) of the company o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies B

I. - Functional allowances received by local elected representatives pursuant to the General Code of Local Authorities are subject to income tax in accordance with the rules applicable to salaries and…

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

Article L3334-7-1

A compensation allowance is created within the departments' overall operating allowance, the amount of which is equal in 2004, for each department, to the amount due in respect of 2003 pursuant to art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

…the decisions covered by 8° of article R. 5315-3, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable fifteen days after their receipt by the supervisory ministers if the latter have not objected…

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

Article L3334-7

…er alinéa de l'article L. 3334-6-1.Departments whose per capita financial potential is more than twice the average per capita financial potential of the departments determined in application of the fi…

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