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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-1

…ation referred to in the previous paragraph specifies the amount and allocation of the appropriations. The corresponding appropriations, referred to in the previous paragraphs, are entered in the budg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6362-1

…ation referred to in the previous paragraph specifies the amount and allocation of the appropriations. The corresponding appropriations, referred to in the previous paragraphs, are entered in the budg…

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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 L2333-92

…ration, institute the tax and determine the terms and conditions for the distribution of its proceeds. The total amount of tax paid by the operator is capped at €1.5 per tonne entering the facility.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-12

…be of metropolitan interest may be made available in whole or in part to the Greater Paris metropolis.An agreement concluded between the territorial public establishment(s) or the municipality of Pari…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-10

…he Conseil d'Etat, magistrates from the Cour des Comptes and representatives of the local authorities. IV. - When provisions for litigation are set aside in the State's accounts in anticipation of a r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…If the number of members of a board of directors or a supervisory board as provided for in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-69 of the Commercial Code is insufficient to ensure, due to their number, the d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 771-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-1

…c use. It monitors the risk associated with these products and carries out benefit-risk reassessments.The Agency may request that clinical trials involving medicinal products be carried out in the for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

…onal communications service based on publicly available numbering, 1° and 2° of I and II of Article L. 224-27, articles L. 224-28, L. 224-29, L. 224-33, L. 224-34, L. 224-39, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

…ion of the measure provided for in this article. Subject to the procedures provided for in Articles L. 335-14 and L. 335-15 of this Code, the detention measure shall be lifted automatically if the app…

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