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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Indirect taxes

Article 1613 bis

…) whenever the drink obtained has an actual alcoholic strength of more than 1.2% vol. and less than 12% vol.II.-The rate of the tax mentioned in I is set at: 1° €3 per decilitre of pure alcohol for be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-103-2

…ture relating to social action, health and integration for which the local authority is responsible;12° Expenditure relating to the personalised autonomy allowance ;13° The costs of the departmental e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-8

…ties and the agreements entered into with these third parties referred to in 1° of II of article R. 1243-4 , provided that this modification has no impact on the product;5° the appointment of a new re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…of Labour10° The Director General of Armaments;11° The Director General for Research and Innovation;12° The Director General for Overseas Territories;13° Le directeur central du service de santé des a…

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

Article A761-14

…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 plan o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDIn Book IR. 2100-1 In Title IR. 2111-1 to R. 2111-2 R. 2111-4 to R. 2112-12 R. 2112-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-1225 of 24 December 2018R. 2112-14 to R. 2113-6R. 21…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D. 2335-23

…ts to 2,500 requests 5,000 From 2,501 requests to 3,999 requests 8,500 € 4,000 applications or more 12,500 € II.-The increase provided for in the third paragraph of the same article is €500.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-11

…4 venues: 3.9;- 5 venues: 4.8;- 6 and 7 venues: 5.5;- 8 and 9 venues: 6.2;- 10 and 11 venues: 6.9;- 12 and 13 venues: 7.6;- 14 venues and more: 8.3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-318

In application of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Regi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-2

…r than those mentioned in 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 2° quater, 3°, 4°, 5°, 5° bis, 7° bis, 8°, 9° bis and 12° bis below:a) Negotiable debt securities, bonds, shares and rights issued by commercial companies…

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