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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-4

The regional directorate of public finance for Brittany and the Ille-et-Vilaine department is responsible for carrying out the following management operations: 1° It is responsible for collecting all…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article R3321-4

I.-For the application of 3° of a of article L. 3332-1, the department may allocate to reserves a fraction of the revenue from transfer duties for valuable consideration that it recognises in respect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-4

The chapters of budgets voted by nature correspond:a) Investment section: - to each of the two-digit accounts in classes 1 and 2 open to the nomenclature by nature, with the exception of the accounts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D4311-4

The chapters of budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for allocable expenditure and revenue, to group 90 "Allocated operations", completed by the number of one of the ten functi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R4221-4

When the price of acquisitions of real estate, real property rights or businesses made under the rules of ordinary law by the regions and their public establishments gives rise to reinvestment in real…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R4421-4

Biological agents in groups 2, 3 and 4 are considered to be pathogenic biological agents within the meaning of this Title. The list of these agents is established by joint order of the ministers respo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Professionalisation contracts

Article L981-4

Temporary employment agencies may employ the persons referred to in article L. 981-1 under the conditions defined in articles L. 981-1 to L. 981-3 and under the terms of a fixed-term contract conclude…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Method of payment of wages

Article L112-10

Wages are paid under the conditions set out in Article L. 3241-1 of the French Labour Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-18

As soon as it appears that a sworn goods broker may have committed one of the breaches provided for in article L. 131-32, the public prosecutor, either on his own initiative or following a complaint f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-21

The prosecuted sworn freight broker and the Public Prosecutor are notified of the decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The notification shall indicate the time limit and proc…

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