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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and missions

Article R211-1-1

…L. 613-5 of this code, those of Chapters I, IV, VII and IX of Title I of Book VII, those of articles…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-2

…personal recovery proceedings with judicial liquidation under the conditions provided for in Title IV.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-51

…he apportionment of the price of a property sold by auction is subject to the provisions of Chapter IV of Title V of the loi du 1er juin 1924 mettant en vigueur la législation civile française dans le…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1311-8

In the case of a declassification of the public river domain of a territorial authority or group of territorial authorities, the public enquiry procedure provided for in the second paragraph of articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-1

…or the acts mentioned in article L. 2131-2, as soon as they have been transmitted to the representative of the State in the department or to his delegate in the arrondissement as provided for by this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278 sexies A

I.-The reduced rates referred to in II apply to self-deliveries of the following works: 1° Work to extend the premises or to bring the building to a new state within the meaning of 2° of 2 of I of Art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article D331-6

…ects for which the tax credit is requested are selected by the committee of experts provided for in IV of article 220 sexies of the General Tax Code, after examining the applications, particularly wit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Other legal divorce proceedings

Article 1128

…family court judge confines himself or herself to finding that the facts constituting grounds for divorce exist in accordance with the Civil Code, Title "Of Divorce", Section IV, Chapter I.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing arrangements for basic training for representatives of users of the healthcare system

Article D1114-40

…ubsidy allocated to each approved association at national level is set by the order provided for in IV of article L. 221-1-3 of the Social Security Code. The amount of the subsidy allocated to each ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK III: SAINT MARTIN

Article LO6380-1

This article shall apply for a period of five years from the first election of the territorial council following the promulgation of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 on statutory and i…

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