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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-46

…of the operating expenditure incurred and relating to the fire and rescue services as shown in the last five known administrative accounts, and the capital expenditure incurred and relating to these…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

…espond to the requisitions, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 60-1 shall apply. The last paragraph of article 60-1 is also applicable. When the requisitions relate to data mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7-1

…erall amount of the reduction applied to the flat-rate allowance of municipalities, pursuant to the last paragraph of III of Article L. 2334-7 and, where necessary, determines a percentage reduction a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-52

…s L. 2334-1 and L. 2334-2, article L. 2334-7, with the exception of the second paragraph of 3°, the last paragraph of 4° and 5° of I, Articles L. 2334-8 and L. 2334-10 à L. 2334-12, the first three pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-115

…o the capital, in particular with regard to their share of shareholders' equity at the close of the last financial year. If the financial year-end is more than six months prior to the proposed transac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article D211-12

…ed by the secured creditor. This quantity is determined by the secured creditor on the basis of the last available closing price on a trading platform; 3° In the case of units or shares in collective…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-3

…provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article D. 123-200. It is assessed on the closing date of the last accounting period. For the application of articles R. 663-5 to R. 663-8 and R. 663-28, the turn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article R4163-9

I.-For employees with a contract of employment lasting one calendar year or more, the declaration provided for in I of Article R. 4163-8 will result in the national management body entering a number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prescription of a route

Article R5132-1-4

…f their previous pathway or, if the pathway has been terminated under the conditions set out in the last paragraph of article R. 5132-1-3, within two years of the start of the suspension of their prev…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-1

…rance contributions mentioned in article L. 5427-1 ; 2° Where applicable, the body mentioned in the last paragraph of I of Article D. 5422-4. The body mentioned in the previous paragraph may, by agree…

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