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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-46

Expenditure on the investment section includes in particular: 1° Repayment of the principal of loans and similar debts; 2° Acquisition of intangible, tangible and financial fixed assets; 3° Charges to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-47

…he close of the financial year may not be carried over to the budget for the following financial year. Expenditure in the operating section duly committed, not mandated and for which there has been se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-44

The operating section or forecast income statement shows successively: - under income: operating income, financial income and exceptional income; - under expenses: operating expenses, financial expens…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: French Office of Immigration and Integration

Article R121-28

The resources of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration come from:1° Taxes, fees and case fees that it is authorised to collect;2° Taxes paid by employers who take on foreign workers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-27

…r of commerce and industry shall make new appointments under the conditions provided for in Article R. 711-25. If an interconsular grouping is created in the period between two five-yearly consular el…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-19

In each of the departmental commissions for inter-communal cooperation provided for in article L. 5211-42 the number of members is set at 40. This number is increased by one additional seat: a) From a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ban on smoking in certain public places

Article R3512-2

The ban on smoking in places designated for collective use mentioned in article L. 3512-8 applies: 1° In all enclosed and covered places open to the public or which are workplaces; 2° In means of publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article A761-14

The second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of toxicovigilance

Article R1340-2

…lth agencies and defines the strategic guidelines for the information system referred to in article R. 1340-6 ; 3° It organises and coordinates the collection, communication and analysis of data and e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-23

…previous paragraph conduct the conciliation under the conditions and in the form set out in Article R. 1142-22. In the event of total or partial conciliation, they personally sign the conciliation doc…

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