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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Contributions and taxes provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2332-1

The taxes mentioned in 1° of a of article L. 2331-3 are, for State forests and woods, paid in the same proportion as for private property.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Disclosure of municipal accounts

Article L2341-1

The commune's accounts are deposited at the town hall. They are made public under the conditions set out in article L. 2313-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions for setting up certain healthcare activities and heavy equipment

Article L6123-1

The conditions for setting up the healthcare activities and heavy equipment mentioned in L. 6122-1 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to the depositors' guarantee fund

Article L754-19

Article L. 352-1, as amended byOrder no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000, is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8224-1

Failure to comply with the prohibitions defined in article L. 8221-1 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-1

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency defines and implements the actions set out in article L. 232-5 to combat animal doping.II - It carries out the tasks entrusted to it by this title under the following…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Syndicat de communes.

Article L5811-1

References made by articles L. 1612-20, L. 5211-3, L. 5211-4 and L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-4, insofar as they relate to syndicates of communes, shall be understood as referring to the provisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds

Article L744-12

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-1

The provisions of this chapter apply in the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. However, they do not apply to agricultural and fishing professions, railway undertakings, public ferry conc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-14

The Biomedicine Agency set up under Chapter VIII of Title I of Book IV of this Part shall exercise in New Caledonia and French Polynesia the powers conferred upon it under Title IV of Book V of Part I…

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