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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-2

…lting from L. 212-1 A Ordinance no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 212-1 Ordinance no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 L. 212-3 with the exception of IV Law no. 2021-1308…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2311-1-2

…concerning the operation of the municipality, the policies it pursues within its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation. The content of this report and the proce…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-2

…th regard to the operation of the local authority, the policies it pursues on its territory and the guidelines and programmes likely to improve this situation and contribute to achieving the sustainab…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-5

…ensures that each patient is informed of the proposed therapeutic decision, in accordance with the guidelines defined by the National Cancer Institute in application of 2° of Article L. 1415-2, inclu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies F

…applies to the assets mentioned in 1° to 3° acquired when new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022. II.The deduction referred to in I applies to non-road mobile machinery recorded as fixed asset…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-33

The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique may be asked for an opinion by one of the persons referred to in Article L. 331-29 on any question relating to the interoperab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 568-1

Where the contested decision is a judgment of an investigating chamber, ruling under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of Article 695-31 or the fourth paragraph of Article 695-46, the tim…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-48

Unless expressly exempted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, an insurance undertaking may only use forward financial instruments in the cases provided for in Articles R. 332-45,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-199

Formalities carried out in relation to judicial sureties give rise to the collection of the following fees: NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (Table 6 of Article Appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE BENEFIT EMOLUMENT 43 Equ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Voting Operations Committee

Article R7343-33

The Commission des opérations de vote is responsible for: 1° Giving an opinion on the conformity of the electoral propaganda documents of the candidate organisations and ensuring that the documents re…

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