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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-9

Collection is carried out in support of a single collection order issued by the administrative authority referred to in Article R. 522-7 and recovered by the competent public accountant, pursuant to t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 523

The guarantee of the title is attested by the hallmark applied to each coin in accordance with the following procedures:a) Either by affixing a metal guarantee hallmark manufactured and marketed by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Provisions specific to certain agreements

Article 817 A

A Conseil d'Etat decree (1) sets the conditions for application of article 816, of II of article 816 A and Article 817, in particular the definition of partial contributions of assets, mergers or tran…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater K

After informing the parties concerned of any shortcomings observed in the performance of their duties as defined in the articles 1649 quater C to 1649 quater H and having given them the opportunity to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-6

The chairman of the board of directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration is appointed by decree, for a renewable three-year term, on the joint proposal of the ministers responsible…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*592-1

The following provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R*593-1

The following provisions are applicable to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-1

The departmental budget is the act by which the department's annual revenue and expenditure are forecast and authorised. The departmental budget is drawn up in an operating section and an investment s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 850-2

For the application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of w…

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