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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-84

The municipality or public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in article L. 2333-64 is credited monthly with the amount due under the payment intended to finance mobility services…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-88

The collection body or service provides the commune or public establishment concerned with the individual or collective payment certificates required for the reimbursements provided for in article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-86

Investment and operating expenses for any action falling within the remit of the mobility organising authorities within the meaning of articles L. 1231-1 and L. 1231-1-1 of the Transport Code, includi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-87

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 2333-64 and L. 2333-65, account is taken, as provided for in article R. 130-2 of the Social Security Code, of the employees assigned within each es…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-85

The municipality or public establishment mentioned in article D. 2333-87 draws up the list of foundations and associations exempted pursuant to article L. 2333-64.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8

No information enabling both the person who has donated an element or product of their body and the person who has received it to be identified may be disclosed. The donor may not know the identity of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-8

Nationals of the ceding State domiciled in the annexed territories on the day of the transfer of sovereignty acquire French nationality, unless they effectively establish their domicile outside these…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88-1

The deposit set pursuant to Article 88 guarantees payment of the civil fine that may be imposed pursuant to Article 177-2.The sum deposited is returned when this fine has not been imposed by the inves…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-8

When an interception of correspondence emitted by electronic communications concerns a communication address that is used on the territory of a Member State of the European Union, and when it is not c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-8

…the proceedings, the examining magistrate considers that serious or corroborating evidence has come to light justifying the examination of the assisted witness, he shall proceed with the examination b…

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