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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Annual activity report for electricity concessions

Article D2224-38

The analysis of the quality of the service presents, by means of indicators relating to each of the missions of the conceded service, the level of the quality of the service rendered to users and, for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 sexies

When the rebates granted by a société coopérative agricole mentioned in Article L. 521-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code to a cooperative member takes the form of the allocation of share…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article R2315-37

The annual accounts or the documents referred to in Article L. 2315-65 are approved within six months of the end of the financial year. This period may be extended at the request of the social and eco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-38

When the holder of the public house or restaurant licence or the owner of the business in which one of the establishments referred to in 2° of article 225-10 of the Penal Code is not prosecuted, the a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

1. Amounts still owed as preferential claims by merchants and legal entities governed by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-37

The accounting officer is required to exercise : 1° In respect of revenue, control of the authorisation to collect revenue and the collection of debts and the regularity of reductions and cancellation…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-37

When a device is used to artificially generate waves, an orange flag is hoisted before and during wave production, indicating that diving is prohibited. When waves are being generated, an emergency st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R1313-37

The accounting officer is appointed by order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, the budget, consumer affairs, the environment, health and labour. Secondary accountants may be appointed by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-37

The Healthcare Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-38

An advisory committee, called the "Comité consultatif des aides à l'accès au droit et à la justice" (CCAADJ), is set up by the board of directors of the fund management company. At the request of the…

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